Giesen 0% Merlot

Made from Giesen's premium, full-strength New Zealand wine, Giesen 0% keeps all the best qualities of Giesen Estate Merlot. It’s aromatically expressive, with the varietal characteristics you know and love… only with the alcohol gently removed. Starting by creating premium, full-strength Merlot wine, fruit from Hawke's Bay. Then using innovative spinning cone technology to gently distill the wine into three layers. They then collect the delicate aroma and recombine it with the body of the wine, adding just a touch of premium grape juice to produce the final blend.

Delicate aromas of crushed blackberry and wild herbs. Crushed red berries and plum with a touch of toasted oak on the palate. This combination gives a light and refreshing option with classic structure and fine, powdery tannins on the finish. Perfect on a sunny afternoon or try with red meats or tapas. 

Three sons of a stonemason were planning to follow the family enterprise in Germany. However, on a whim in 1981 while they were travelling the world, Theo and Alex Giesen purchased land and planted a vineyard just outside Christchurch, New Zealand. Their younger brother Marcel took himself to winemaking school and four years later joined Theo and Alex in New Zealand’s South Island to start making wine from their vineyard. From their first vintage in 1984 the three Giesen brothers have aspired to create great wines. And as their business has grown over the past three decades they have remained true to their vision, creating great wines people love to drink.