Pride Mountain Merlot 2023

TASTING NOTES
Nose: Crushed blueberry, violet, blood plum, dark cherry and bay leaf, with nutmeg, shaved dark chocolate and fresh summer savory
Palate: Juicy and mouthwatering, rounded and fruit driven
Structure: Fine boned tannins

VARIETALS
- 89% Merlot
- 7% Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2% Cabernet Franc
- 2% Petit Verdot

VINEYARD
Pride farms 235 acres across three vineyards on Spring Mountain, in the Mayacamas range

WINEMAKING
Aged 16 months in 40% new French oak

CELLARING
Beautiful today, with another ten to fifteen years of prime drinking in it

*Mountain Merlot, which keeps the structure most valley floor Merlot gives up.*