Product Details
2012 Mernet Reserve Spring Mountain District
Vineyard Notes
2012 Keenan Mernet, Reserve, Spring Mountain District
2012 is our 14th 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. This year the blend is 50% Merlot all coming from the “Mailbox” vineyard. The Cabernet half this year is 44% Cabernet Sauvignon Clone 15 from the “Big K” vineyard and 6% Cabernet Franc from the “Upper Bowl” vineyard. The resulting wine is a seamless blend of the three varietals 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 2014
94+ Points
"The 2012 Proprietary Red Blend Mernet Reserve, which is a blend of 50% Merlot, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Cabernet Franc, may well be Michael Keenan’s favorite wine. Only 500 cases were produced. Chocolaty cassis, graphite, spice box and plum are all present in this sensational blend that should age beautifully for 15-20 years, although most people will have consumed it by year ten. It is remarkable that 2012 is the fourteenth vintage that this proprietary blend has been produced, and it seems like its just yesterday I first tasted it. The color is a handsome, opaque purple. The wine is extremely impressive and still very youthful. Another one or two years of age will round it into more complex shape."
Wine & Spirits Magazine
February 2016
93 Points
“Michael Keenan grows merlot at his Mailbox Vineyard, a sloping block planted on rocky clay loam at 1,700 feet, blending it with cabernet sauvignon and a little franc for Mernet. It’s a tightly structured Spring Mountain wine, tasting like a redwood grove—umami notes of black mushrooms and moist tree bark—dark, a little dank and earthy, with spice to sun it up. While the oak is a little prominent for now, that espresso scent will fade into the fresher, herbal character of the fruit as the wine ages.”--Wine & Spirits
Wine Data
| Size | 750 ml |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Alcohol | 14.5% |
| pH | 3.76 |
| Residual Sugar | Dry |
| Total Acidity | 0.63 grams/100ml |
| Bottling Date | 8/11/2014 |
| Production | 500 cases |
| Appellation | Spring Mountain District |
| Wine Style | Red Wine |
| Varietal | Mernet |