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Merlot

Merlot Reserve Wine Details
Price: $45.00 per bottle

Description: For our 2002 Canoe Ridge Vineyard Reserve we blended one barrel of Lot 2 Cabernet Sauvignon with our Lot 10 Merlot. The lot numbers come from our practice of fermenting the wine in small lots so we can extract the best expression of different blocks of the vineyard. Depending on the lots, we used different fermentation practices, yeast strains and barrel coopers to create individual components that make up the final blend. In 2001, Lot 10 was the Canoe Crew favorite. The black cherry, raspberry and chocolate aromas found in our estate Canoe Ridge Vineyard Merlot are even more intense in our Reserve bottling. These concentrated flavors allow us to use more new oak barrels to bring richness and roundness to the palate and sweet toasty aromas without overpowering the fruit flavors. The addition of one barrel of Cabernet Sauvignon adds to the full mouthfeel plus brings additional aromas and complexity.




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