Behrens & Hitchcock Merlot 92 RP

Behrens & Hitchcock Merlot 91 RP

Duckhorn Decoy Napa Valley Red 

Duckhorn Napa Valley Merlot 750ml

McManis California Merlot

Pahlmeyer Napa Valley Merlot  94 RP

Full-bodied, rich and luscious, this offers up layers of blackcherry and blackberry fruit with notes of milk chocolate, caramel, baking spices and well integrated French oak. This has exceptional fruit on the front and mid palate yet remains balanced through a long focused finish. This is drinking beautifully now with just a few minutes in the decanter but will age well for another 10+ years. No wonder Parker said this Merlot was “looking sensational” with 94 points!

Pride Mountain Vineyards Merlot

Taste this and you will look twice at the bottle “Cab?” --  No it’s Merlot the way Bob Foley makes it!  Rich, bold and concentrated, this is loaded with big flavors, marked complexity and definition.  Black plum, currants, chocolate, spice and well-integrated oak.  This well-deserves the recent press with 93 points, Wine Spectator.

Shafer Napa Valley Merlot 

Full-bodied, rich, and concentrated, this Cabernet-lover’s Merlot shows a  plush core of ripe, vivid currant, blackberry and wild berry fruit with pretty mocha-laced oak nuances and touch of baking spices.  Shafer is in the heart of Stag’s Leap District and is proud to be farming Organically.  Shafer gives extra love and attention to their Merlot grapes.  As with many of the young `05s, we suggest plenty of time in the decanter before serving.  Year after year, it is one of our favorites. 

Twomey Napa Valley Merlot