Product Details
2013 Mernet Reserve Napa Valley
Vineyard Notes
2013 Keenan Mernet, Reserve, Napa Valley
2013 is our 15th consecutive vintage of "Mernet" (mare-nay) our proprietary marriage of Merlot and Cabernet. Each blend has been half Merlot and half Cabernet but no two wines have had the same vineyard combinations. The resulting wine is a seamless blend with an emphasis on high-toned sweet delicious rich fruit with an almost hidden depth and structure. Enjoy now or decades from now.
Cheers!
Michael Keenan
Excerpt from Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s ,
The Wine Advocate
October 2015
95 Points
"The 2013 Proprietary Red Blend Mernet Reserve is equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine has a saturated ruby/purple color, mostly sweet, rich blackberry and blackcurrant fruit with wild mountain flowers in the background. It’s pure and brilliantly hides any new oak. The wine is lush, medium to full bodied, long and well balanced. This is a beauty that should drink well for 15 or more years and is certainly one of the most interesting wines in the Keenan lineup."
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
October 2015
95 Points
“The 2013 Red Blend Mernet Reserve, Keenan's Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon blend is striking. Like so many wines in this vintage, however, it probably won't be ready to drink for a number of years. Still, there is an undeniable sense of energy and vibrancy underpinning the fruit that is hugely appealing. Dark fruit, smoke, tobacco and savory herbs are some of the signatures, but the Mernet Reserve is really a wine of structure above all else. The 2013 should be a jewel when it opens up more fully in time.”—Antonio Galloni
Vineyard Designation
Spring Mountain
Wine Data
| Size | 750 ml |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Alcohol | 14.3%% |
| pH | 3.78 |
| Residual Sugar | Dry |
| Total Acidity | 0.58 grams/100ml |
| Bottling Date | 8/5/2015 |
| Production | 300 Cases |
| Appellation | Napa Valley |
| Wine Style | Red Wine |
| Varietal | Mernet |
| Blend | 50% Caberetn Sauvignon Estate 25% Merlot Estate 25% Merlot Napa Carneros |