JEAN BAPTISTE AUDY MERLOT 2009

Description
Wine Style:  Full Bodied Red

This is a super 100% Merlot from the Negociant House of Jean Baptiste Audy who own several chateaux in Pomerol and Saint Emilion.  The Merlot grape famously goes into some of the most sought after wines in the world - Petrus in Pomerol and Masseto in Italy.  Merlot means “little blackbird” in French perhaps because of its deep and dark colour . . .  or perhaps because the blackbirds love to eat the grapes!   Jean Baptiste Audy's Merlot comes from grapes grown in the  vineyards of the Languedoc Roussillon which is well known for its ancient cities, thermal springs (Perrier Water comes from this area), abbeys, and Cathar castles.  Hannibal and his elephants marched through these lands and vines have been grown there for centuries.

This is a very fruity, supple and rounded wine, pleasant to drink young with lots of red fruit aromas.   With notes of soft ripe red cherries, damsons, blackberries and a hint of violets this is a wine with mellow tannins and an old world charm.  It is great with food and would pair well with chicken, guinea fowl, Mediterranean casseroles, mild cheeses and pork.