Northstar Walla Walla Merlot 2001
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Vintage
2001
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750ML
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Winemaker Notes
This is our second vintage for a Walla Walla blend, and expresses our interpretation
of Walla Walla vineyards and the appellation. Winemakers selected Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon from the best vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley. Beautiful fruit and a dark, concentrated color. A mouthful of wine that packs in ripe plums, cherry and black currant with layers of vanilla, clove and chocolate. Well integrated oak adds to the wine's complexity and structure. The finish is long and generous, expressing supple tannins with ripe fruit characters typical of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
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Northstar, located in Walla Walla, Washington, aims to make Merlots that can be considered among the world's best, using fruit sourced from one of the world's best regions for the variety: Washington state. Winemaker, David "Merf" Merfeld, blends New World fruit with an old world winemaking style, influenced by Bordeaux's "right bank," to create his highly-acclaimed wines. Northstar produces two Merlot-based wines from the Columbia Valley and Walla Walla AVAs, as well as the Stella Maris red blend and extremely limited production bottlings of the blending component varieties that Merf uses as his "spice box" in creating Northstar's Merlots.
CLW575925_2001 Item# 75579