Robert Keenan Winery Mernet Reserve Napa Valley Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

A fantastic Merlot/Cab blend from Keenan's SPring Mountain vineyards. Rare release.93 points Robert Parker: "The 2010 Mernet Reserve, an equal part blend of Estate Merlot, Carneros Merlot, Estate Cabernet Franc and Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, offers up scents of cedarwood, underbrush, forest floor, black currants, sweet kirsch and cola. The complex, evolved aromatics are followed by a medium-bodied wine with beautiful fruit purity, an attractive texture, and a long finish. Consume this superb, complex 2010 over the next 10-15 years. (Oct 2013)" 93 points and 'Cellar Selection,' Wine Enthusiast: "Few wines, even in Napa, are this rich. It dazzles with explosive cherries, blackberries and anise, with caramelized oak notes. Tannins are thick and serious. Your window of drinkability for this blend of Merlot and Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc begins about 2022. (Apr 2014)" Producer notes: "2010 is our 12th consecutive vintage of "Mernet" (mare-nay) our proprietary marriage of Merlot and Cabernet. Each blend has been half Merlot and half Cabernet but no two wines have had the same vineyard combinations. This year the blend is 50% Mailbox Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Cabernet Franc. The resulting wine is a seamless blend of the three varietals with an emphasis on high-toned sweet delicious rich fruit with an almost hidden depth and structure to allow for indefinite aging. Enjoy now or decades from now. Alcohol 14.8%."

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