Kendall-Jackson Grand Reserve Merlot 2014
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Blend: 95% Merlot, 4% Malbec, 1% Petit Verdot
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: One of the most critical aspects of Merlot is the wine's ability to remain true its grape variety. The 2014 Kendall-Jackson Grand Reserve Merlot—made from 95% Merlot—is quite fine and represents a beautiful expression of this grape variety. TASTING NOTES: This wine is bright, fresh, and decidedly serious. Its ripe fruit, pencil lead, and overall brightness of flavors make it an excellent wine match with an oven-baked pork tenderloin. (Tasted: July 5, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Back in 1974, Jess Jackson saw in the fine vineyards of California's cool coastal regions fruit with a variety of outstanding flavors. What if there was a way to produce from this abundance, a single outstanding "cuvée" that offered both quality and value? The result, first released in 1983, was Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay, a rich, round and flavorful wine, made with hand-crafted methods. That same year, Grand Reserve was introduced, a line of ultra-premium wines that represented the full potential of California's finest vineyards and winemaking.
Today, over 5,000 acres of vineyard in California's coastal regions are farmed by Kendall-Jackson. Four separate wineries house what is possibly the single largest barrel-fermentation project in the world. But perhaps most important, is that Kendall-Jackson remains a family-owned winery.