2019 Stakhovsky Merlot ACE

As an elite athlete and world-famous tennis player, Sergiy Stakhovsky didn’t think wine had a place in his life. The Ukrainian decided to engage in winemaking at the end of 2015 - after being exposed to wine culture while competing for Vila Primrose ( Bordeaux,France). Sergiy rented 20 hectares of wineries in Zakarpattia and began to cultivate the existing grape varieties Merlot, Saperavi, Rose Traminer, Chardonnay, Riesling, Zweigelt, Cabernet Sauvignon. For two years the team of Stakhovsky Wines was planting vines, putting pillars, cleaning the parcels and replanting plots. In 2018 the first harvest was send for maturation in French oak barrels.

100% Merlot that has been aged for 16 months in oak. The resulting wine has flavours of chocolate, blackberries and fig. It has the potential to age for 6 more years.