Sutro - Warnecke Ranch Merlot 2020 (750ml) USA

Sutro - Warnecke Ranch Merlot 2020 (750ml) USADense but electric in color and feeling, the 2020 Merlot is all about texture. Flavors of brambly blackberry, bay laurel and long pepper twirl along a palate that is both smooth and vibrant with well integrated tannin.

aged in old barriques

with a medium body and powdery tannins

including figs

From the press

complex fruit flowing endlessly through the finish

Then the wine is separated from its lees and malolactic fermentation ensues

brambly fruit and tangy huckleberry

On summer evenings

Kosta Browne has earned a place on Wine Spectator’s annual list of the world’s “Top 100 Wines” seven times since 2005

Tropical aromas of mangos and pineapple followed by vanilla cream

The palate finishes soft

and French King François I