2019 | Melka 'Metisse' Martinez Vineyard | Napa Valley Pernand-Vergelesses Les Vergelesses and peppery finish

and peppery finish

super-stony

The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Impassable Mountain is also brilliant

It has a slightly compact nose of pomegranate

2019 | Melka 'Metisse' Martinez Vineyard | Napa Valley Pernand-Vergelesses Les Vergelesses and peppery finishThe fifth vintage from this vineyard located on Pritchard Hill at 1200 feet in elevation above Oakville. Melka continues to strive to craft wines they love with the three Bordeaux varietals from this particular site. A fruit profile of dark cherry and plum, with tobacco, black licorice and cola, all leaping from the glass. The wine is iron rich, extremely lush and vibrant showing incredible depth with licorice, spice and minerality dominating the