Howell Mountain Merlot

Name: Howell Mountain Merlot
Brand: La Jota Vineyard Co.
SKU: howell-mountain-merlot-2012
Price: 119 EUR
Availability: InStock

Perfect pairing

Pairs withred meat, game, mature cheeses

Glassware

Serving temperature17–18°C

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After more than a decade of maturation, this mountain Merlot from La Jota reveals its full complexity: more powerful than the classic valley style, thanks to the altitude of Howell Mountain.

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Wine profile

Taste styleDry

TanninHigh

AcidityMedium

AlcoholHigh

Body / TextureFull

Characteristics

StyleRed

Wine houseLa Jota Vineyard Co.

GrapeMerlot

CountryUnited States

RegionNapa Valley

Year2012

AgeingFrench oak

Volume75 cl

Drinking windowNu drinken – 2028

Item no.KW282512

StyleRed

Wine houseLa Jota Vineyard Co.

GrapeMerlot

CountryUnited States

RegionNapa Valley

Year2012

AgeingFrench oak

Volume75 cl

Drinking windowNu drinken – 2028

Item no.KW282512

100% Merlot from Howell Mountain. Aged in French oak with a high proportion of new wood, for around 18 to 20 months.

Store the bottles lying down in a cool, dark place at a constant temperature of 12-16°C. Avoid light and vibration. Consult the drinking window for the ideal moment to open.

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The wine house

La Jota Vineyard Co.

Napa Valley

La Jota is one of the oldest names in Napa Valley. In 1898 the Swiss immigrant Frederick Hess, who had earlier founded a German-language newspaper in San Francisco, built a stone cellar on Howell Mountain from volcanic rock quarried on the property itself. Even the first fermentation vats came from the estate's own woodland, made of nearby coastal redwood. Shortly after it was built, Hess won a bronze medal at the Paris World's Fair. After Prohibition, La Jota fell silent for decades and became a "ghost winery", until a former oil magnate breathed new life into the estate. It later passed to Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke, and Chris Carpenter has made small lots of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc there ever since. Worth knowing: La Jota recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, making it one of the few Napa houses whose nineteenth-century roots still stand, quite literally, in the cellar.

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