Canoe Ridge Merlot Reserve Block 13 (75cl)

Canoe Ridge Merlot Reserve Block 13 is a limited-production, single-block red wine made entirely from Merlot, from Columbia Valley in Washington. It comes from Block 13 of the Canoe Ridge estate vineyard and is part of the winery's Summit Series of specialty-block wines, with extensive ageing in French oak barrels. The vineyard soils range from thin eolian loamy sand over bedrock to deep eolian sand over glacial slackwater sediments. The nose offers dark purple fruit, spice, smoky undertones, coconut and vanilla. The palate brings black currant and cassis with coconut-vanilla oak, generous mid-palate weight and firm but supple tannins. The finish has dusty tannins, ripe dark plum, baking spice and gentle earthiness.