Fidélitas Merlot 2018 (750ml) International Cellars

Fidélitas Merlot 2018 (750ml) International CellarsThe 100% varietal is sourced from some of the oldest blocks on Red Mountain at Kiona, and newer plantings from the Estate and Blackwood Canyon. We love blending single varietals especially for a wine like Merlot that can vary so much with the age of the vineyard explains Will in the newer plantings you get bright, red, juicy fruit characteristics, and with the mature vines you get earthy, spicy, and tobacco flavors with more elegant tannins. Combine

Manuel Gonzalez Bals is Andeluna's winemaker and Hans Vinding-Diers is the enology consultan

Delicate light gold color with a lime-green hue

start to ferment

The addition of Shiraz (an elite component

The 2022 Mark West Pinot Noir is an approachable

The salinity of Leirana makes it a natural pair for scallops

A wine of quiet power and elegance—best revisited after 2030 to witness its charming expression

We make it using the Charmat method

To make this Santa Cruz Pinot Noir in 2017

and it's lovely with goat-cheese pastry puffs

Layers of ripe cherries

Tasting Notes:Inky dark color again and again