Simi Merlot

Simi synonymous with sonoma county when giuseppe and pietro simi immigrated to northern california they settled in sonoma county because it reminded them of their native tuscany where wine had been made for centuries. In 1876 they founded simi in healdsburg california. Today we’re still making wine from diverse sonoma county grapes in the same stone cellar built in 1890. Vineyards greatness often shows itself from the very beginning and that’s true for the alexander valley which first achieved fame for its red wines in the 1860s. Today the alexander valley remains focused on reds in particular bordeaux varieties such as merlot. Most of the fruit for this wine rich with blackberry and plum comes from the alexander valley including grapes from our red fan and los amigos estate vineyards. We harvested the remaining fruit from goldfields robert young encinos and bed rock each offering unique character-from red cherry and light spice to depth richness and light licorice