and firm acidity keeps everything from being heavy
Drink it over the coming couple of years
Anticipated maturity: 2012-2026
a skyscraper-like mid-palate and a thrilling
concentrated and structured wines that also show incredible elegance and purity
1996 Merryvale "Profile" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend and firm acidity keeps everythingThe dense plum purple colored 1996 Profile Proprietary Red Wine (a blend of Merryvale's finest lots of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) boasts a persistent sweet, ripe blackberry, prune, and licorice scented nose. With full body, an opulent texture, a chewy, fleshy personality, and adequate underlying acidity and tannin, it can be drunk now and over the next 12 15 years. (RP)