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Wine Details
Price:
$28.00 per bottle
Description:
The Le Vin 1999 Merlot is bursting with delicious flavors of raspberry, chocolate, and cherries with a smooth flavorful finish. The grapes are from our organically farmed terraced mountain vineyards, (1550 to 1900 feet above sea level). Le Vin Vineyards is located in the incredibly beautifull Yorkville Highlands appellation of Mendocino County, known as one of the most distinguished and beautiful wine growing regions in Northern California. We purchased some grapes for this wine from Jimmy Fetzer's biodynamic farmed vineyards in the McNab Ridge area of Mendocino County. This blending added more complexity to the wine, and aging in French oak barrels rounded out and balanced the flavors in the delicious 1999 Le Vin Vineyards 100% Merlot.
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Varietal Definition
Merlot:
Merlot is known as a Noble Bordeaux varietal. Although it came to France in the first century, it was not named until the 1880s. Merlot was originally used only for blending, as it is soft and compliant, very useful in softening other Bordeaux wines like Cabernets. Recently in California and Chile it became popular as a 100% varietal wine. Merlot tends to be easier to grow in a variety of soil conditions and is harvested earlier in the year than Cabernet. Although most Merlots are made to be drunk earlier, there are many with complexities of a Cabernet. Flavors of plum, black cherry, violet, chocolate and orange pair well with rich, red pasta dishes, hearty chicken dishes, and any beef combination that you fancy. The perfect match of course is chocolate. Not only does the chocolate compliment the wine and vice-versa, but the essence of both flavors linger eternally.
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