Description
At Barnett Vineyards, our passion for quality wines, immeasurable hospitality, and authentic connection, extends from family, through the vineyard, to each individual. We continually strive to produce elegant wines that showcase the integrity and uniqueness of both varietal and terroir. With each cork you pop, we hope our values resonate and bring you the same joy and harmony palpable on the estate.
WINEMAKER NOTES:
This Merlot comes from higher elevations on Spring Mountain. It is picked in the dark hours of the morning to ensure it arrives cool and undamaged. The Merlot spent 22 days on its skins to extract the soft tannins and flavor completely. Every year we look to see if a small percentage of any other varietal helps to fill in any gaps that the wine may have. This year the wine did not need any help and is one of the few years in our history where the wine is 100% Merlot.
TASTING NOTES:
The 2021 Spring Mountain Merlot has a beautiful dark purple core. There are beautiful pure aromatics from this 100% Merlot wine. Big black plum, dark roast coffee grounds, and black raspberry is matched with the caramel, clove, and vanilla from the oak. The wine has a beautiful viscosity, very rich and full. There is more cocoa nib, graphite and dark chocolate than fruit on the palate. The tannins are that perfect level of chalkiness to go with the richness of the wine. There is a beautiful black cherry cedar finish that goes on for a while. This wine will reward those who hold onto it for the next 9-10 years (2032-2033).
VARIETALS:
100% Merlot
APPELLATION:
Spring Mountain District, Napa Valley, California, USA
PRODUCTION:
1050 Cases
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