Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2022 CS20230828 aiming for texture and minerality

aiming for texture and minerality rather than the loud grassy-tropical style

Armida is a blend of three Straight Bourbon Whiskeys finished separately in Pear Brandy

which is another way of saying the hard way

As food-friendly as Italian reds get

The result is a Champagne of unusual complexity for an NV: biscuit

Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2022 CS20230828 aiming for texture and mineralityKeenan helped put Spring Mountain Merlot on the map, and their Napa Valley bottling continues that tradition. The 2022 is built around 84% Keenan estate Merlot from their mountain vineyards, where steep, gravelly slopes push the vines and give the wine real concentration. Eighteen months in a mix of French and American oak rounds it out without overwhelming the fruit. This is unapologetically a big Merlot plush, structured, and built to age and a