2020 Merlot
Single Vineyard Series
In Stock
Wine Specs
Vintage
2020
Varietal
Merlot
Appellation
Lodi (Mokelumne River)
Vineyard Designation
Estate Grown
Harvest Date
8/24/2020
Acid
5.8 g/L
pH
3.59
Aging
20 Months in Oak Barrels (50% new French Oak)
Bottling Date
7/20/2022
Residual Sugar
0.02%
Alcohol %
15.0
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Well-balanced, this Merlot presents aromas of plum, blueberry, blackberry and bay leaf. It’s a medium bodied wine with notes of dark chocolate in the finish that lingers for a bit.
Vineyard Notes
Estate Vineyard to the west of our tasting room and production facility. Bilateral cordon trained into vertical shoot position also knows as “VSP”. Clone 5 (French 181) on 5BB rootstock. Planted in 2014, the vines are young and full of energy. Pruning and shoot thinning were done to keep cluster counts in balance, leaves were pulled on the north side of the vine as the rows oriented east to west. 2018 was the second vintage in which we harvested fruit from this vineyard. The vineyard is sustainably farmed and certified green under Lodi Rules.
Winemaker Notes
These grapes were shoot thinned, cluster thinned and leaves were pull during the growing season. Grapes were hand-picked and then delivered to Oak Farm Vineyards on August 24th 2020. Upon receiving the grapes, they were hand sorted at the winery and then de-stemmed to tank where they received a cold soak. The must was inoculated and fermentation was done in tank with regular timed pump overs. This wine was aged in 50% new French Oak barrels and the rest was aged in neutral oak.