Northstar Merlot Columbia Valley 2021 750ml

The 2021 Columbia Valley Merlot is blended with 18% Cabernet Sauvignon and matured for 20 months in 36% new French oak. It’s scented of red cherries, milk chocolate, licorice and graphite. The full-bodied palate is easy to drink with soft, supple tannins, rounded acidity and a satisfying finish. 4,993 cases produced.

• Country: United States
• Region: Washington State
• Appellation: Columbia Valley
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red

Varietal

Merlot

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key ‘Bordeaux’ varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.