Single Vineyard Collection
2019 Gjoa’s Vineyard Merlot
This elegant wine shows dark fruits, with meaty umami undertones, followed by silky fine-grained tannins. So fun to taste and compare with our Hidden Valley Merlot or Dickinson Vineyard Merlot!
About this wine
Gjoa’s Vineyard is an older vineyard (planted 1989) on Naramata Road “below the road”, giving the fruit great complexity due to its interesting lacustrine soils. An unusually warm January, followed by a cold snap in February caused bud damage, especially in the heavier soils below the road, greatly reducing yields. An average and thankfully smoke-free growing season resulted in nice fruit concentration in this small crop with bright flavours, intense colour and great tannin presence.
- Type
- Red
- Varietal
- Merlot
- Region
- British Columbia
- Appellation
- Naramata Bench
- Vintage
- 2019
- Harvest Date
- October 17, 2019
- Vineyard
- Gjoa's Vineyard
- Grape Variety
- 100% Merlot
- Fermentation
- 10 day cold soak; 31 day skin contact
- Élevage
- 19 months in French oak (29% new)
- Cases Produced
- 168
- Alcohol
- 13.9%