Wantirna Estate ‘Hannah’ Cabernet Franc, Merlot Size::1 Bottle and usually rather thin on

and usually rather thin on the palate too – but Bruno Clair’s pink Marsannay is a perennial exception and Dom Bruno Clair 2009 Marsannay manages to be a fruity

but always impressive

Less than ideal spring weather impacted flowering and fruit-set in several white varieties resulting in lowerthan-normal yields

reunited for the “Essay on the Margaux style” chose it as one of the ten benchmark Margaux wines

Wantirna Estate ‘Hannah’ Cabernet Franc, Merlot Size::1 Bottle and usually rather thin on"Allocation only, email wine@worldwine. com. au to secure allocation" A blend of around 50% of each variety, the wine is aged in a new barrique from the Burgundian cooperage of Dargaud and Jaegl. To capture the fragrance and perfume of the cabernet franc, and the mulberry character of the merlot, the recent wines have been bottled after 12 months in barrel. A further 15 months of bottle aging occurs before the wine is released.