Keenan Winery Mernet Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot, Napa Valley, USA

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The proprietary offering, the 2000 Mernet Reserve, is a limited production (274 cases) blend of equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Made in a Bordeaux-like style, it offers an elegant bouquet of tobacco leaf, red as well as black currants, minerals, earth, and spicy oak. It juxtaposes both power and elegance. Michael Keenan, the enthusiastic young proprietor who has done so much to resurrect this estate, believes this will ultimately be Keenan’s flagship wine. (Release date Winter 04)Tel. (707) 963-9177; Fax (707) 963-8209

No, a Mernet is not something you trawl for mermaids with, it’s Keenan’s 50-50 blend, where Merlot’s fleshy opulence has been tempered with more tannic Cabernet. The result is a firm wine that will soften and develop complexity by 2006.——S.H.(4/1/2004)—— 89