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The Regent of Tantallon Hawkes Bay Merlot Cabernet 2020

$39.99 – $227.94 inc GST

This special wine shows attractive aromas of black beauty plum, mulberry and blackcurrant intertwined with scents of cigar smoke, clove, cinnamon and spicy oak notes. The palate delivers flavours of ripe dark berries, cassis and mocha supported by forest floor and charred wood characters, bolstered by integrated fine tannins with intense concentration and length.

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The namesake of this wine was another prominent red – James Douglas, the 4th Earl of Morton and Regent of Scotland from 1572 to 1578. Tantallon Castle, was the seat of the Red Douglases who were one of the most commanding baronial families in Scotland for over 300 years.
Our wine, The Regent of Tantallon is just as commanding as the Red Douglases. Born in 2009, it is slightly younger yet still displays all the characteristics fit to mingle with nobility. Produced using grapes from our Tantallon vineyard, based in the Hawkes Bay.
A masterful Bordeaux-style blend that portrays all the traits of a great leader – courage and softness (Merlot), combined with powerful forward leadership (Cabernet Sauvignon).

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Single Bottle, Case (6 Bottles)

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    Food Pairings

    Enjoy with red meats, wild game, and rich stews.

    Vineyards and Winemaking

    Our privately owned 106.4ha net planted area of grapes at Tantallon vineyard in the Bridge Pa sub region of Hawkes Bay is nestled at the riverbed of the nearby Ngaruroro River. The wine growing area here is described as “of a special nature, the soils here that provide depth and flavour to the resulting wines, based on free-draining “red metal” gravels overlaid by alluvium derived from loess, volcanic ash and greywacke. The combination of these special soils with high sunshine hours, low rainfall and Growing Degree Days comparable to Bordeaux makes the Bridge Pa Triangle a unique viticultural area.” (bridgepatriangle.nz)

    Composition: Merlot 61%, Cabernet Sauvignon 39%

    The grapes were harvested from the Tantallon vineyard and transported to our Riverview winery where they were crushed to open topped stainless steel fermentation vessels and inoculated with a range of yeast strains.

    The ferments were hand plunged several times per day until dry and then allowed from 2 to 14 days extended maceration. The wine was then pressed off the skins and put to barrel where it was aged for 18 months before blending. The wine was then transported by road tanker to our Katikati winery for final blending and finishing. This wine was bottled in March 2022.

    This Regent of Tantallon is a testament to Leveret Estate’s ability and to offer super premium red wine that is in peak form. Long term aging under anaerobic conditions at critically controlled temperatures has created a wine that shows aromatic complexity combined with the body and silkiness that can only come with careful cellaring.

    Leveret Mills Reef

    Leveret Mills Reef

    (+64) 7 552 0795
    cellardoor@wineportfolio.co.nz

    Leveret Mills Reef,
    2389 State Highway 2, RD4, Katikati


    Open 9.30am to 5pm 7 days a week


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