This cellar-ed red blend of 52% Merlot and 48% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Aromas of cassis, leather, dark brooding black fruits, spice and tobacco.
This special red has a rich enveloping mouthfeel with dark fruits, a solid backbone of toasty oak and firm smooth tannins
It was punched down by hand and barrel aged for 18 months
Punchdown by hand, barrel-aged for 18 months.
14% alcohol
2017 Merlot
Grown at our crooked vines vineyard in Naramata, BC. This wine is what you would expect from a Naramata Bench Merlot, it has velvet tannins with rich minerality, flavours of cherry, plum, blackberry.
Barrel aged for 18 months in a combination of new and neutral French Oak barrels.
14.5% Alcohol