Keermont Merlot 2020 (750ml) Barolo

Keermont Merlot 2020 (750ml) Barolo"Reflecting the heat spikes of the 2020 vintage, this is the fuller bodied of the two current Merlot releases from Keermont. Sweet, ripe and concentrated, it has notes of mulberry and raspberry jam, textured, supple tannins and deftly integrated older oak. 2024 30" Tim Atkin (South Africa 2023 Report), 90 pts

Its superripe pear and apple flavors lend an almost late-harvest feel

has long been a strong favorite in our list

Notes of roasted meat

The wine displays notes of crushed blackberry and wild sage followed by a vibrant and luxuriant palate with its suggestions of fresh plum

Sourced from multiple vineyard locations in the Anderson Valley

complemented by evenly distributed

carefully oriented according to the lie of the land

Few very good and healthy grapes due to the 2021 frost which extended its effects into the following year and above all due to the seven months of drought which put to the test the vines and the grape-growers who were forced to continuously hoe the soli

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it's going to drink beautifully for two decades

with fine tannins and a fresh finish

brambly notes of blue and black fruits