Selendi Sarnıç Merlot 2012
I tasted this 2012 Selendi Sarnıç Merlot at a wine tasting with Şarap Atölyesi. Of course I’m not going to buy a Merlot on purpose. I have to say though that for a Merlot this wasn’t all that bad.
We tasted several wines from Selendi’s Sarnıç line during this wine tasting. Sarnıç being the village where this Akhisar-based winery grows its Merlot grapes at 850 meters. This is also one of Selendi’s organic wines. Like many other wine-making countries making organic wine is still a burgeoning concept but one pursued passionately by winemakers like Barbare and Chateau Nuzun who are dedicated to making all organic wines.
Selendi Sarnıç Merlot 2012 Tasting Notes
This is a 100% Merlot that has spent somewhere between 18-20 months in French oak. In the glass it’s a lovely ruby color with thick but fast legs.
In the nose I got some dark berries and tobacco but thought that the pepper and smoke notes were fighting for dominance. On the palate the flavors were a little more balanced among the fruit, tobacco, cocoa, sweet spices, pepper, and smoke. Some really elegant tannins here rounding out the acid for a nice, clean wine.