WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
A concentrated and layered wine offering dark fruit aromas with a hint of tobacco. The mouthfeel is opulent, with luscious wild blackberry and chocolate-covered black cherry woven around an appealing note of spicy clove. Beautifully complex, the flavors and weight of the wine combine to leave a rich, satisfying finish.
TASTING NOTES:
I loved the 2020 Merlot Pedestal, which makes the most of the vintage. Full-bodied aromas and flavors of ripe plums, chocolate, spicy oak, and graphite define the aromatics, and it’s concentrated, has ripe, chalky tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and a great finish. The blend is 84% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the balance Malbec, raised in 75% new French oak.
- Jeb Dunnuck, 94 pts.
This has an earthy character with black cherries and plums, ground spices and cocoa. Medium- to full-bodied with chalky tannins and plush dark fruits. Meaty, velvety and a little chewy at the end. Drink or hold. Check Price · Download Shelftalker
- James Suckling, 92 pts.
