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  • Country ranking ?

    516
  • Producer ranking ?

    43
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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The Story

We source only quality vineyards in the Napa Valley for this Merlot to ensure that it is concentrated, harmonious and memorable.

Genevieve Janssens - Director of Winemaking

Sourced from the Napa Valley side of the Carneros growing area. A bright and vivacious wine—fresh, youthful and alive.

 

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Wine Information

The 2011 growing season challenged us with tenacious morning fog, unseasonably cool weather and yield- reducing rainfall at flowering and during harvest. It also had the beneficial effect of extending “hangtime,” literally giving the clusters additional time for peak flavor development. September brought nearly perfect harvest conditions and most of our Merlot came in between the 27th and October 3rd, when the skies clouded up and a brief rain...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

<10 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Light, Ruby red and Bright

ending

Medium, Round and Spicy

flavors

Blackberry, Cranberry, Licorice, Cherry and Perfumed

nose

Youthful, Fresh and Ripe

taste

Average in Acidity, Low tannin, Youthful, Medium-bodied, One-dimensional, Ripe, Fruity and Silky tannins

Verdict

Good everyday wine and Average

Information

Origin

Oakville, Napa Valley

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

1h

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Inside Information

Over 90% of the fruit for this wine came from vineyards in the Stag’s Leap District, where our Wappo Hill vineyard is located, a region renowned for its velvety delivery and the smooth, fleshy mouthfeel we look for in Merlot. Of that, the majority of fruit came from Wappo Hill, a vineyard we prize for its bright purity of fruit expression. The volcanic and other poor, shallow soils of the region suppress vine vigor, resulting in low yields of fruit of elegance and formidable intensity. A small amount of fruit from other select Napa Valley AVAs contributed added complexity, each sub-region bringing something a little different to the blend.

Appellation: Stag’s Leap District, Napa Valley 56% Wappo Hill vineyard (Stag’s Leap District), 37% Stag’s Leap, 4% Carneros District (Napa Valley), 3% Napa Valley

•WINEMAKING• The grapes were hand harvested in the cool of the morning, then gently de-stemmed and crushed. Nearly one third of the wine was fermented in French-oak tanks in our To Kalon Cellar for soft, supple tannins and textural interest. The balance went into stainless steel tanks for purity of fruit expression. Nineteen days of maceration maximized color and flavor extraction and polished the tannins for a lush, round mouthfeel. The new wine was transferred to 60-gallon French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and fifteen months aging to develop greater roundness and depth. Small amounts of complementary varieties were included in the blend, further enhancing the wine’s structure, balance and complex flavor profile.

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