Sutter Home Merlot

Description

This Merlot wine is the wine for long weekends and lengthy chats. Fresh and smooth with black cherry flavors and hints of smoke and spice, with moderate tannins.
Sutter Home Merlot Red Wine is a full-bodied, silky-smooth red wine with delicious fruit characteristics, soft tannins and a rounded mouthfeel. Ripe black cherry aromas with hints of tobacco and herbal spice lead to smoky black cherry and spiced plum flavors on the palate.

About Sutter Home

Sutter Home Winery is one of the largest family-run independent wineries in the United States, and is the estate known for the creation of White Zinfandel. It is located in St. Helena, California and owned by Trinchero Family Estates.

California Wines

California wine production has a rich viticulture history since 1680 when Spanish Jesuit missionaries planted Vitis vinifera vines native to the Mediterranean region in their established missions to produce wine for religious services. In the 1770s, Spanish missionaries continued the practice under the direction of the Father Junípero Serra planted California’s first vineyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

The state produces about ninety percent of the American wine supply and is the fourth largest wine producer among the world’s independent nations. It has more than 1,200 wineries ranging from home-grown and small boutiques to large corporations with international distribution.