2022 Mount Veeder Merlot Estate, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 95+ Points
Deep, complex and forthcoming, this beauty offers genteel yet penetrating aromas of red plum compote, dark bottled cherry, black raspberry and pink rose, all climbing above others suggestive of dark earth, foresty spice, sage and laurel. On the palate, it is even deeper and more sweetly liquor-like, as dark cherry and Campari notes dominate laurel, sage and foresty spice through a long-lingering, food-worthy finish. It is delicious right now and approaches a noble peak of maturity. 52 cases produced.