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Firebelle Merlot Meritage,
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100% Estate grown fruit at Larkmead Vineyards 49% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot Aged in 50 % new French oak barrels for 18 months 1,490 cases produced.
Tasting notes: Our 2004 Firebelle blend currently drinks more like a young Cabernet than a Merlot dominated wine, a testament to the power and structure of the Merlot we grow at Larkmead. On opening, the wine is somewhat tightly wound and dominated by dark brooding fruits and spice, to the point that it's hard to identify individual flavors. With air the wine softens and opens to reveal its inherent creamy ripe fruit and texture. The moderate summer of the 2004 season maintained the cooler, dark flavors that we prize in merlot, whereas heat at harvest allowed the Cabernet tannins to fully mature and the spice of the Malbec to assert its strong influence on the wine's complex finish.
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Napa, United States
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Napa, United States
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