Tasting the Merlot

As intented, with today's Sunday lunch, I had a glass of the Merlot that I bottled yesterday.



As you can see, it looks the part. Tastes pretty good too :-)

I am really pleased to report that this is definitely a decent quality Merlot. I'm very pleasantly surprised. It already has a complex, fairly deep flavour with a pleasant oaky after taste. There is a very very minor chemically taste right at the end, but I'm sure this will fade completely as the wine matures. If the flavour improves further it really will be a great wine.