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2017 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot Rector Creek Vineyard

2017 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot Rector Creek Vineyard

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Rector Creek Vineyard is located north of the town of Yountville along the Silverado Trail. A unique climate featuring a cooling afternoon breeze combined with Rector Creek’s rocky alluvial soils creates excellent growing conditions for the vines. As a result, Rector Creek produces an elegant expression of Merlot with attractive blueberry and allspice aromatics, velvety structure and refined character highlighting classic notes of spicy plum.

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Wine Profile

Production Notes
Varietal Composition: 100% Estate fruit - 98% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon; Oak Profile: 100% French oak 75% new
Winemaker Notes
The 2017 growing season delivered a beautifully structured and sophisticated expression of Rector Creek Merlot, with alluring layers of chocolate-covered cherry, red raspberry, violet, plum, orange zest and just a hint of rosemary. Round and giving on the palate, with velvety tannins and bright berry flavors, this is an elegant and age-worthy wine that finishes with notes of blueberry, vanilla and graham cracker.
Production
The 2017 growing season began with abundant winter rains, followed by a warm, dry spring that led to a perfectly timed budbreak. In addition to replenishing the water table, the early season rains produced robust canopies, which provided invaluable shade during a week-long heat event that kicked harvest into gear during the last week of August. This was followed by a much-needed cooldown that allowed the vines to recuperate, while also giving us extra hangtime for flavor development and tannin resolution. We harvested throughout September and into early October, with the grapes showing lovely ripeness and quality, yielding plush, polished and wonderfully complex wines.

Wine Specs

Wine Specs
Vintage
2017
Varietal
Merlot
Appellation
Napa Valley
Vineyard Designation
Rector Creek Vineyard
Acid
0.58g/100ml
pH
3.70
Aging
18 months in barrel
Alcohol %
14.5
Wine Spectator
95
Wine Enthusiast
93
Wine Review Online
97

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Brian Bradway
(Apr 24, 2021 at 2:31 PM)
Had our first bottle of this tonight. OMG - Excellent Merlot. Love it Duckhorn. Fantastic. Two Thumbs way up....

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