Meritage

Blend – 45% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, 12% Malbec, 8% Petit Verdot

Aging – 17 months new and used French oak

This is a clear, medium+ intensity, ruby colored wine with legs. It is a clean wine with medium+ intense aromas of dark cherry and caramel. It is a dry wine with medium acidity, medium body, medium alcohol, and medium+ tannins. It has medium+ intense flavors of dark cherry, black-berry, and caramel with a medium+ length finish.