Wild Horse Merlot

In just over 30 years wild horse winery & vineyards has grown from humble beginnings to take its place as one of the central coast’s leading premium winemakers. We pride ourselves in sourcing our grapes from the best regions and vineyards within the central coast. The vineyards this central coast merlot is comprised of grapes grown in the paso robles (86%) and monterey county (14%) viticultural areas (avas). Paso robles is a wonderful spot for growing merlot. The hot days and cool nights produce merlot that is bright and aromatically fruit forward. The monterey county ava offers a slightly darker richer texture. This blend of the two is super tasty and well balanced. The monterey ava runs 100 miles north of the paso robles ava to just above monterey bay. Both the paso robles and monterey avas have a large diurnal swing and a long growing season allowing for flavor development acid retention and proper maturity. Vintage after a warm winter the 2015 season in the central co