Ken Forrester Pat’s Garden Merlot Reserve

Ken Forrester Pat’s Garden Merlot ReservePats Garden Merlot has always been a blend of predominantly Merlot with the addition of about 8% 12% Cabernet Franc. This blend conveniently fell within the legal framework for a wine labelled as a single varietal wine all wine may be blended up to a maximum of 15%. We thought, why is the magic number 15%? So, we set about doing some exploration using 4 of the traditional Bordeaux grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Sauvignon The

Rather dense palate with a youthful texture

delivering flavors of juicy Marasca cherry

rose petals and hints of spices and litchi fruit

On the light-bodied palate

Lifted notes of blackberry

The nose offers red fruits aromas with a hint of spices

as they combine to form complex

This historic building a state-of-the-art facility whose gravity-flow platform system allows for a largely “hands off” approach to winemaking

and reducing the height of the canopy to keep water shortage to a minimum

Lifted and intense on the nose with blackberry

from the 2009 crop of Scottish Barley

you’ll find a smooth