Plush and well-spiced, with sinewy power to the dried red currant, plum and raspberry flavors. Notes of slate and hot stone show on the chiseled finish. Drink now through 2022. 33,000 cases made.

Blended of 94% Merlot, 3% Syrah, 2% Pinot Noir and 1% Malbec aged 17 months in 30% new French, American and Hungarian oak, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Merlot opens with wonderfully plummy notes plus underlying baking spices, vanilla, kirsch, dusty soil and garrigue hints. The palate is medium-bodied, elegantly played and beautifully plush with bags of spicy black fruit and great length. 33,000 cases produced.