Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2021 (375ml) 050326OFFER Foti The 2022 balances creamy richness

The 2022 balances creamy richness with electric acidity

It comes from vineyards above Ravello and Scala at 300 to 400 meters

where deep volcanic Jory soil lends Willamette Valley Chardonnay its tension and mineral cut

gradual pressing) to coax out texture and mineral depth

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Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2021 (375ml) 050326OFFER Foti The 2022 balances creamy richnessRobert Keenan bet in 1974 that mountainside vineyards could make world class Napa wine, planting at 1,700 feet on Spring Mountain. Decades later, the family is still proving the point with this Merlot, drawn largely from those estate slopes and rounded out with select valley floor fruit. Mountain grown Merlot tends to have more spine and savory grip than the plush valley stuff, and Keenan's leans into that structure without losing its richness. This