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2001 Merlot - Beckstoffer Las Amigas Vineyard

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Vintages
-2005 -2004 -2003
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BLEND
100% Merlot

VINEYARDS
Beckstoffer-Las Amigas Vineyard, Blocks D2, D5, D6, G2 and H1

APPELLATION
Carneros, Napa Valley

WINEMAKING

30 days on the skins
Native yeast fermentation with gentle pump-overs
Bottled unfined and unfiltered

BARREL AGING
18 months in 100% French oak Bordeaux chateau ferre barrels (64% new)

ALCOHOL
14.5% by volume

RELEASE DATE
May, 2004

BOTTLING DATE
July, 2003

PRODUCTION
1,125 cases

CELLARING
This wine should develop complexity with up to ten years in the bottle and hold for many years after that.

WINEMAKER'S NOTES
This is the fourth year of a vineyard-designated Merryvale bottling from the Beckstoffer family's Las Amigas Merlot vineyard in Carneros. This modern planting of clones 181 and 314 is on a vertical, shoot-positioned trellis and is producing outstanding quality. In 2001, due to the early start in the spring, the fruit was harvested three weeks earlier than in previous years. Five of Merryvale's eight 2001 Merlot lots from the Las Amigas vineyard were included in this blend. All the lots had similar characteristics of dark color, concentration, suppleness and balance.