2014 Merlot Napa Valley
LIBRARY COLLECTION
Darjean Jones 2014 Merlot hails from a single vineyard located on the eastern ridge of Napa Valley at the base of Atlas Peak. This deep garnet colored wine is intense with mouth-filling blackberry and boysenberry overtones. Its fruit forward flavors and refined spices give this vintage a liveliness from start to velvety finish. Well-developed structure and integrated tannins will allow this unique wine room to age, yet the subtle traces of earthiness and immediate approachability make this unique wine share-worthy now.
Technical Data
- AVA: Napa Valley
- Vineyard: Broken Rock
- Composition: 97.5% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 0.5% Malbec
- Type of Oak: French
- Alcohol: 14.6%
- pH: 3.77
- T.A.: 5.5 g/L
- R.S.: 1.2 g/L
- Time in Barrel: 21 months
- Bottling Date: July 2016
Awards
Gold Medal, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
Gold Medal, 90 pts, 2017 Toast of the Coast, San Diego, CA