Producer's Notes: 

Mayacamas Merlot remains one of the purest expressions of the varietal produced in America today — always made with restraint to express the more serious side of the grape. The 2014 vintage, proudly made by our team, represents our re-commitment to producing a meaningful quantity of this important varietal at Mayacamas. In the glass, the nose explodes with red raspberry, star anise, black plum skin, black cardamom, and clove. The texture of the wine on the palate is notably fine — fresh, bright acidity and gravelly minerality lead to a juicy, mouth-watering finish and complex flavors of pomegranate, black fig, tobacco, and bing cherry. After a careful fermentation and maceration in neutral wood and cement, the 2014 Merlot was aged for 22 months in neutral oak, primarily large format foudres.