Alexander Valley Vineyards Merlot Alexander Valley 2022 750ml Bendigo Light golden yellow color

Light golden yellow color

The vineyard behind this wine got its name when Caymus founder Chuck Wagner and one of his kids flipped a coin to decide if it should be planted to Cabernet or Zinfandel – and Zinfandel won

The 2018 Bonarda El Enemigo Single Vineyard El Mirador comes from an old pergola vineyard in Rivadavia

with spice and herbs on the nose

As a result of this

Alexander Valley Vineyards Merlot Alexander Valley 2022 750ml Bendigo Light golden yellow colorMerlot from the Wetzel Family Estate has a reputation for being a big, complex wine. First produced in 1984, this has been a classically structured wine each year, often showing as much tannin as many Cabernet Sauvignons. 2022 kicked off with a lack of rain from the ongoing drought, followed by a warm spring, and early summer. Relatively mild summer temperatures allowed the grapes to mature evenly, although yields were a bit lighter than in prior