Dry Creek The Mariner Meritage 6 / Case

History Beginning with the 2004 vintage we proudly introduced an exciting new proprietary blend to our lineup of wines. We called this wine The Mariner because just as a mariner navigates his ship so too must a winemaker navigate his way through a vintage. This wine is the culmination of years spent working with diff erent vineyards in the Dry Creek Valley including our own estate DCV9 Endeavour property. The Mariner represents our vision to produce the fi nest Meritage wine from the Dry Creek Valley using the fi ve noble Bordeaux varieties. Growing Season The 2013 harvest will be remembered as a season of near perfect growing conditions. It was also one of our driest seasons on record. By mid-January it seemed that Mother Nature turned off the rain spigot. Overall winter was extremely mild. Spring budbreak was normal with frost of little or no concern. The summer growing season was outstanding with moderate temperatures. Harvest conditions were excellent. Yields were normal