Dark ruby red in colour, this wine opens up with aromas and flavours of ripe black cherry and raspberry. Ageing select lots in rum barrels enhances the notes of baking spice, brown sugar, vanilla, and cocoa when added to the final blend. Dark chocolate notes carry through to a long, lush finish. A superb accompaniment to spiced meats and poultry, Brie with fig jam, and chocolate desserts.

The Taste Collection is a celebration of the generous and distinct flavours that have made Selaks wines so extraordinary and sought after for more than 90 years. Rich Berry Merlot, the rich berry fruit flavours gently cascade along the palate, underpinned by soft fine tannins. A sumptuous, fruit-forward wine with lingering flavour right to the finish.

This is a fruit driven Hawkes Bay Merlot ready to drink or for the short term cellar. A perfect match with roast lamb and minted potatoes.

Stables Merlot has a warm, soft, rounded palate with delicious ripe plum and spice flavours.

Full and fruity aromas with plum, blackberry, savoury leather and vanillin oak. A soft and round balanced palate, with fresh plum and berry flavours. Fine tannins add a gentle texture and subtle oak lingers on the palate.

In Stoneleigh's Marlborough vineyards, sunstones absorb sunshine during the day, radiating heat onto the vines at night, resulting in their distinctly vibrant wines. Stoneleigh Classic Merlot, the aroma is fragrant with plums, blackberries and black cherry notes.

Medium-bodied with a soft and elegant palate, laced with ripe fruit and spicy vanilla flavours. Light ruby red in colour with ripe berries and dark chocolate on the nose.

This wine is medium to full-bodied with lush red berry, plum and cherry fruit characters. The fruit flavours are balanced by undertones of creamy mocha, spice & subtle savoury characters. The palate has a soft, velvety texture with grainy tannins through the mid-palate and a long, persistence to finish.

This is a medium-bodied wine with a soft, round and gloriously fleshy palate. Delicious flavours of ripe plum, red berries abound with subtle coffee bean also evident.

A round, plump Merlot, consisting of red berry & bramble fruit flavours with French oak characters

Cherry red colour with aroma's of ripe raspberries with hints of spice and chocolate. A luscious fruit driven palate, with upfront fruit sweetness. A well-balanced wine with integrated soft tannins giving hints of spice.

Black fruit and dark plum aromas seamlessly blend with subtle spicy notes in this smooth and silky Hawke's Bay Merlot. On the palate flavours of blackberry, cassis and hints of cocoa are balanced with fine tannins leading to a dry and richly textured finish.