Tapanappa acquired the 30 year-old Whalebone Vineyard in 2002 and completely renovated the vines onto a new trellis supporting a shoot thinned vertical canopy. The Merlot vines at Whalebone Vineyard were among the very first of this variety planted in South Australia and they have responded magnificently to the re-trellising of the vines and improvement of the Terra Rossa soil with organic matter since 2002. There is only 0.8 hectares of 30 year-old Merlot at Whalebone Vineyard producing just 200 cases of wine in an average year. The Merlot has too much ripeness and lushness to fit comfortably into the more structured Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz blend. We have therefore decided to bottle it on its own as one of Australia’s finest examples of Merlot from an especially suited terroir. Tapanappa Wines Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Wrattonbully Merlot Sort By: Default Title - A to Z Title - Z to A Price - lowest first Price - highest first Time Added - latest first Popularity - most popular first Sales - best selling first Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Wrattonbully Merlot – 6 bottle case 96 Points YWG Extremely Limited Production $69.38 per bottle 6... $416.28   Ok