Limestone Coast Merlot 2018
Jamieson's Run
Limestone Coast Merlot 2018
Jamieson's Run
Limestone Coast Merlot 2018
Overview
Overview
The original Jamiesons Run was a remote outback sheep station owned by the Jamieson Brothers in the mid 1800s. The winery was named after the siblings as a tribute to the Limestone Coast’s pioneering past.
Since the early 1950s Jamiesons Run has been crafting fruit with a winemaking focus that starts in the vineyard.
| Varietal | Merlot |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Limestone Coast |
| Volume | 750 mL |
| Closure | Screw Cap |
| Alc/Vol | 14% |
| Peak Drinking | Enjoy Now |
| Winemaker | Andrew Hales |
Food Pairing
Food Pairing
Beef
Chicken
Pork
Lamb
Cheese
Cured Meat
Pasta
Pizza
Taste Description
Taste Description
Nose
Fragrant red berry fruit aromas with a hint of lifted sweet cedar oak.
Flavours and Palate
Generous strawberry, raspberry and cherry characters meld with freshly poached plum and blackcurrant fruit. The palate is a supple and silky in texture, the fine velvety and slightly savoury tannins rounding out the finish. A medium bodied Merlot of good depth of flavour, delicate soft supple structure, made in a rounded and generous easy to drink wine style.
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Limestone Coast, South Australia
A visit to South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a wine extravaganza boasting deep terra rossa soils, pure underground waters, a Mediterranean climate – and of course the finest fruits of Coonawarra, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Robe, Padthaway and Wrattonbully.
Andrew Hales - Winemaker
Andrew Hales' career path has lead him from the Barossa, Clare and Hunter Valley to the vineyards of France, Sicily, Tunisia and the former Soviet Republic of Moldova, culminating in his appointment to the senior winemaking role at Jamiesons Run.
At university, Andrew studied Agricultural Science before completing a Graduate Diploma in oenology at the renowned Roseworthy College.
Prior to studying at Roseworthy Andrew gained vintage experience in New Zealand. Then, during the 1996 vintage, he worked at Mount Pleasant Winery in the Hunter Valley before a further stint at Tasmania's Pipers Brook winery.
With an unrivalled blend of experience gathered in the Old and New Worlds, Andrew Hales is uniquely qualified to make the wines of Jamiesons Run express the finest character of South Australia.