Keenan Mailbox Vineyard Reserve Merlot 2021 (750ml) Vignoles

Keenan Mailbox Vineyard Reserve Merlot 2021 (750ml) VignolesThe Robert Keenan Winery is located in Spring Mountain District, high in the Mayacamas mountain range above the town of Saint Helena. We planted eleven acres of Merlot vines in the rocky soils surrounding the winery and we believe this mountainside vineyard produces some of the finest Merlot in all of Napa Valley. Sited above the dense layer of fog that creeps up the Napa Valley most evenings, the vineyard warms earlier in the morning and temperatures

The palate has flavors of grapefruit

short of clothes and complexes

several times

The “El Veneno” and “Los Burros” parcels are located in the Alto Vinalopó region

which puts this vineyard 1 hour 40 minutes from Paris and Geneva

They are descendants of the Barville family who have lived and grown grapes in Châteauneuf-du-Pape since 1880

A touch of sweetness on entry

running through the dense palate with mint and dried herbs on the finish

and cherry liqueur

Refined bubbles deliver a crisp

Carinyena with a small addition of Cabernet Sauvignon that is aged in neutral

They come out of barrel to tank 15 months later in early Spring the following year and then bottled in March or April