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The 2021 Involuntary Commitment Red Wine is made of 56% Cabernet Franc, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3%...
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• Sourced from Caroway Estate, Desert Aire, Gunkel and Arete Vineyards in Columbia Valley and Wahluke Slope.
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Aromas of toasted almonds and cherry lead to flavors of mocha, black tea and sweet oak. Bright acidity pushes the...
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Showcasing the very best of Washington State Merlot, this bold wine has aromas of blueberry and marionberry with a...
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Zesty and energetic, this red offers snappy black raspberry and plum flavors highlighted by notes of smoky spices and...
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92-94 The 2021 D2 is mostly Merlot but includes 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and splash of Cabernet Franc. Named after the...
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Black cherry, plum, and cocoa mingle with vanilla and dried herbs. The palate is rich and round, with chewy tannins...
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This wine opens with refined notes of raspberry, white tea leaves, a hint of fresh mint and lavender. The flavors are...
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Our Columbia Valley Merlot includes grapes from Klipsun, Ciel du Cheval, Champoux and Weinbau vineyards. The...
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I like the tar and bark undertones to the blackberry fruit. Some orange peel fragrance. It’s bright and lively with...
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Blackcurrants, black cherry fruit, tobacco, mint and chocolate on the nose. Some earthy undertones. It’s layered...
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The Dissident was held in French oak, 37% new, for 18 months. The wine's aromas of ripe blackberries and orange...
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The Water Witch leads with rich, thick aromas of blackberry jam, lavender and a savory note similar to...
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A handsome blend that's generous and structured, with dynamic black cherry and plum flavors highlighted by green tea...
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This is our most popular wine and for good reason. It is such a rich, yet easy drinking red wine that can be paired...
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Spicy and fruit forward flavors of fresh plums and raspberries mingle with sweet tobacco leaf and black pepper....
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Subtle acidity and plush tannins make for a smooth and easy sip, with rich flavors of dark plums, pie crust dough and...
Merlot Red Blend Viognier 2021 United States Washington State 750ml
With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for many of France's most elegant white wines, and they are quickly beginning to spread around the New World, too, where wineries are discovering their unique qualities and unusual character. Viognier grapes are notoriously difficult to grow, due to the fact they are highly susceptible to mildew, but wineries persevere with them nonetheless, producing wines which are highly aromatic and have a great, fruit-forward character. Their delicate aroma suggests sweetness due to its flowery, sappy nature, but the wine itself generally very dry and crisp, and full of summery, light and refined qualities.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.