Twomey Merlot

Description

APPEARANCE Ruby, garnetAROMAS Black cherry, coffee, licorice, creamy bright fruit.PALATE Chocolate-covered cherries, hoisin sauce.FINISH Full fruity finish buttressed by acidity.MOUTHFEEL Elegant, nuanced, texturally plush, velvety tannins, soulful.AGEABILITY Will provide drinking pleasure through 2030 with proper cellaring.PAIRINGS Winery Chef Dominic Orsinis Buttermilk Fried Quail or Roasted Duck Leg Salad.JEAN-CLAUDE BERROUET World-renowned winemaker, Jean-Claude Berrouet, joined Twomey as Winemaking Consultant in January of 2012 to work closely with our then Director of Winemaking, Daniel Baron, on the production of our Merlot. With over 50 years of winemaking experience, including 44 vintages with the incomparable Chateau Petrus, he is considered to be one of the foremost proponents of classicist winemaking, in that his wines are balanced, true to their origins and capable of longer aging.Jean-Claude is an amzing inspiration and his wisdom affects everybody on the team. For example, he was walking the vineyard with my grower relations rep and Jean-Claude said to him, ‘These are some of the best graves I’ve tasted in California.’ And the rep replied, ‘I agree, and we thought we’d start picking tomorrow.’ And Jean-Claude, in his thick French accent said, ‘I won’t tell you what to do, but you have an opportunity to make the most extraordinary merlot ever made in California. Or you can pick tomorrow.’ – Daniel Baron Former Director of Winemaking for Twomey and Silver Oak – Twomey