Tight, elegant and showing less of the Merlot's broad, up front fruit flavor, but it's very well structured. The winery's barrel regimen adds a lot of coffee grounds and dark chocolate. In a riper year such as this, the vineyard loses the herbal character; here the fruit is tight and acidic, clean and tasting of ripe berry and plum.
Tight, elegant and showing less of the Merlot's broad, up front fruit flavor, but it's very well structured. The winery's barrel regimen adds a lot of coffee grounds and dark chocolate. In a riper year such as this, the vineyard loses the herbal character; here the fruit is tight and acidic, clean and tasting of ripe berry and plum.
Tight, elegant and showing less of the Merlot's broad, up front fruit flavor, but it's very well structured. The winery's barrel regimen adds a lot of coffee grounds and dark chocolate. In a riper year such as this, the vineyard loses the herbal character; here the fruit is tight and acidic, clean and tasting of ripe berry and plum.
Tight, elegant and showing less of the Merlot's broad, up front fruit flavor, but it's very well structured. The winery's barrel regimen adds a lot of coffee grounds and dark chocolate. In a riper year such as this, the vineyard loses the herbal character; here the fruit is tight and acidic, clean and tasting of ripe berry and plum.