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La Jota Howell Mountain Merlot 2012
Merlot from Napa Valley, California
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Robert
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Product Details
Varietal
Region
Producer
Vintage
2012
Size
750ML
ABV
14.8%
Features
Collectible
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Winemaker Notes
The 2012 growing season was near perfect, with ideal spring budbreak and warm, steady days balanced by cool nights. The steady weather continued into the fall, resulting in optimal ripening conditions at harvest. La Jota's 2012 Merlot has deep-black-cherry andmilk-chocolate character accented with intriguing hints of rosemary. The complex aromas and flavors carry over a lush middleand through the long, satisfying finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
There are 645 cases of the dark purple-colored 2012 Merlot (100% Merlot), which offers up sumptuous notes of mocha, espresso, chocolate, black cherries and blackberries. This plump, sexy, fleshy, succulent, full-bodied Merlot is already complex and delicious. Drink it over the next 7-10 years.
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The wines of La Jota have deep roots in Napa Valley. Back in 1888, winemaking pioneer W.S. Keyes planted some of the first vines on Howell Mountain, and 10 years later his contemporary, Fredrick Hess, built a stone winery and established La Jota Vineyard Co., named for its location on the Mexican parcel Rancho La Jota. Both men won medals for their Howell Mountain wines in the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Today, La Jota Vineyard Co. proudly carries on this great legacy with its small-production mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Chardonnay. All La Jota wines are sourced from the winery’s estate and from nearby W.S. Keyes Vineyard, and they capture the intense fruit and mineral complexity of these cool-climate origins.
KOW156397_2012 Item# 156397