Bottle of Bonterra Organic Vineyards Merlot, California, USA, organic vegan red wine

Merlot 2022

Bonterra Organic Vineyards

Try if you like Saint-Émilion

strawberries | blackcurrants | dark chocolate

Sale price£21.99

Drew's Tasting Note

This has to be one of the most luscious Merlots I have had in a long time. Jammy-rich layers of succulent strawberries and blackcurrants are laced with deep notes of liquorice and dark chocolate. A medium-bodied, elegant wine with impressive structure, luxurious soft tannins and a very long silky finish.

Producer: Bonterra Organic Vineyards | Vintage: 2022 | From: California, USA | Alcohol: 13.5 | Size: 75cl | Style: medium-bodied red, still, organic, vegetarian | Grape: Merlot, Petite Sirah, Syrah (Shiraz), Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon

The Winery

Bonterra (“good earth" in Italian) has been making organic wine in Mendocino County, Northern California, since 1987 and is now America's number-one organic winery. Drew first visited in the early 1990s and has never forgotten the impression it made: it was the first winery he had encountered that was genuinely committed to working with nature rather than around it, using animals, insects and wildlife to create low-intervention vineyards that yield pure, flavourful fruit. The philosophy remains unchanged, and the wines are as consistent as ever.

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