2015 Matthiasson Red Hen Vineyard Merlot, Napa Valley, USA Jerome Galeyrand Chambolle-Musigny Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

Chambolle-Musigny Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

which help to give the wine a light-on-it’s-feet character and a preserve the bright fruit notes

hinoki wood chips (Japanese cypress)

and the wine is bottled without fining or filtration with minimal sulfur

Vines are trimmed by hand

2015 Matthiasson Red Hen Vineyard Merlot, Napa Valley, USA Jerome Galeyrand Chambolle-Musigny Cuvee Vieilles VignesFrom the cool, breezy southern Napa flats, Red Hens gravelly alluvial soils give Merlot that is ripe but finely etched. The fruit was picked on the earlier side and fermented with native yeasts in small tanks, mostly destemmed, with gentle daily pump overs to keep the tannins fine. levage was deliberately quiettime in neutral French oak rather than new woodso the vineyard speaks clearly. This wine is offered from a private cellar, Terms and Conditions