Kendall-Jackson
2006 Grand Reserve Sonoma County Meritage
Meritage
California: Sonoma County
Mission Briefing
Hidden Assets
Today only, we are the only wine merchant that is allowed to showcase this delicious, delectable, dinner-table delightful red blend from Kendall-Jackson. This is a Grand Reserve-tier wine that the winery only sells at their Sonoma County tasting salon… until today, and only until we run out. Quantity is limited, so please acquire yours soon.
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On the nose, this wine is balanced and bold, with dark fruit, spice and earth intermingled in equal proportion, with Blackberry, dark plum, cassis, dusty black cherry, bramble, cigar box, spice box, toasty oak, vanilla and black pepper.
On the palate, this wine has dark and serious flavors with mouth-coating flavors of dark plum, blackberry, black cherry, tobacco leaf, dusty bramble, cassis, baker’s chocolate and toasted oak.
This highly recommended wine is aged to perfection and ready to impress!
Tasting Profile
| Look: | Darkest garnet at the core of the wine, ruby red at the edges. Tall, skinny, widely-spaced legs appear high up on the glass wall before moving very slowly downward. |
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| Smell: | Blackberry, dark plum, cassis, dusty black cherry, bramble, cigar box, spice box, toasty oak, vanilla and black pepper. |
| Taste: | Dark plum, blackberry, black cherry, tobacco leaf, dusty bramble, cassis, baker’s chocolate and toasted oak. |
| Finish: | Long and very plush with flavors that tail off as a plush dryness takes over, introducing a crushed velvet dryness. |
| Pairing: | Enjoy this Meritage as you would a Cabernet Sauvignon. With meat in other words! |
What the Winery Says
- Winemaker
- Mark Theis
- Vintage
- 2006
- Varietal
- Meritage
- Composition
- 67% Cabernet Sauvignon
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- 15% Merlot
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- 8% Malbec
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- 5% Cabernet Franc
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- 5% Petite Verdot
- Appellation
- Sonoma County
- Abv
- 14.5%