Ferrari Carano Merlot

Tasting Notes Select lots of grapes are chosen from our vineyards in Sonoma County to create this beautifully-balanced and medium-bodied Merlot. This is a velvety wine with a complex nose of plum chocolate spice dark berries coffee caramel and cedar. A fleshy mouthfeel is followed by flavors of bright upfront red fruit a structured mid-palate and a firm backbone of ripe tannins. This wine has impressive length and a lasting elegant finish. Vintage Notes The Merlot vines are farmed on diverse sites ranging from valley floor sandy loam and gravel to steep sloped volcanic rock hillsides. 2014 gave us another great crop of grapes despite a second year of farming under drought conditions. The growing season began with an early budbreak after a dry winter. A warm and dry spring was followed by a consistently warm summer leading to elevated temperatures toward the end of August prompting an earlier harvest than the past year. These favorable conditions resulted in wines featur