Winemaker Notes
The 2017 Merus showcases notes of chocolate, blueberry pie, jammed red fruits and black currant. It boasts a powerful upfront mouth feel with sweet oak barrel spices and a silky, rounded finish
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
I like the blueberry and cedar aromas with hints of violets. It’s medium-to full-bodied with very fine tannins that are firm and polished. Flavorful finish. Nicely crafted. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
This offers a fun blast of blueberry and açaí berry fruit, backed by violet and cocoa notes, ending with a graphite edge that should soften with brief cellaring. Reveals a lingering violet accent.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Situated in the southeastern corner of Napa Valley in the Vaca range, the vineyards of the Coombsville AVA enjoy a long growing season mitigated by cool, San Pablo Bay fog.