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More like a Pomerol or St. Emilion than a typical California Merlot, the wine is made from tiny, concentrated berries grown in a high mountain vineyard. Showing deep, voluptuous notes of black cherry, vanilla and clove, it slips down the throat like liquid velvet.
The nose is perfumed with black cherry, chocolate, vanilla, lavender, and a hint of French oak. In the mouth, the fruit contains classic elements of black cherry, cassis, chocolate, and vanilla. The quality of the wine is all the more surprising to us because we are not big fans of California Merlots. But when we saw the quality of the grapes on these vines, and tasted the complexity and intensity of the fruit, we couldn’t refuse to make this wine.
We have yet another splendid example of Dashe Cellars unique blend of intensity and subtlety from our favorite Merlot vineyard, the Iron Oak Vineyard high up in the mountains of Potter Valley. (How can it be a mountain if it’s a valley? We’d have to use maps, but you’ll have to take our word on it. It’s in the mountains).
