Esk Valley Hillside Malbec/Cabernet/Merlot Franc 2013 Sparkling Other The bumped-up ABV helps bring

The bumped-up ABV helps bring forward the bright fruit and oak spice notes

This enables all the finesse of the small berries to be extracted

full bodied

but there is also an undercurrent of white fleshed peaches and nectarines

smoke and sea breeze running through it - and looks like the coastal notes are reflected on the label (in keeping with the 'Rare by Nature' theme of the 2019 Special Releases)

Esk Valley Hillside Malbec/Cabernet/Merlot Franc 2013 Sparkling Other The bumped-up ABV helps bringThis is dark fruited and complex wine. Flavours tend towards plum, dark cherry, blackberry with a spicy Malbec orientated note. Earthy tobacco and cigar box notes add further complexity.