MERUS
2016 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
NAPA VALLEY
Merus is Latin for “pure” or “undiluted.” The purity behind the winery humbly came to fruition in 1998, with Erika J. Gottl and Mark Herold having crafted the inaugural vintage in their garage behind their house in Napa.
The wine won international renown, and in 2007 Bill Foley added Merus to his Foley Family Wines group and restored an old ghost winery into a winemaking facility worthy of the brand.
The winery’s small size and long-term relationships with many Napa Valley growers allow the team to control many factors in the vineyard, including yield size, pruning, irrigation, and harvest times.
The 2019 vintage is 97% Cabernet Sauvignon coming from a unique site in the Coombsville AVA with 3% Petit Verdot, sourced from a selected plot in Yountville, aged 24 months in 100% new French oak giving the already concentrated fruit additional flavor complexity, depth, and a lasting finish.
MERUS
2019 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
NAPA VALLEY
Retails at: $225
Members’ price: $165
97 Points | Jeb Dunnuck
“A killer bottle of Napa Valley magic, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon from Merus is 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot. It’s a powerful, full-bodied, uber-ripe beauty that stays lively and balanced, with beautiful blue fruits, as well as smoked tobacco, chocolate, and scored earth-like aromas and flavors. A beast of a wine with a great mid-palate and velvety tannins, it should shed its considerable baby fat over the coming 4-6 years and have two decades of overall longevity.”
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Customers that enjoy the Merus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, may also enjoy these two outstanding Cabernets…
CASA PIENA
2015 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
NAPA VALLEY
Retails at: $175
Members’ price: $150
Former NFL Executive and proprietor of Casa Piena, Carmen Policy assembled an “A Team” of wine industry super stars to help in his ultimate goal of producing world class wines. He brought on board Jim Barbour to plant and manage the vineyard, and Thomas Rivers Brown to craft the wine.
“The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is gorgeous. Lifted, floral and beautifully perfumed, the 2015 has come together nicely since I last tasted it. The 2015 has so much to offer. Specifically, it is remarkably nuanced for such an overly ripe, racy wine. A rush of sweet red berry, kirsch, mint and rose petal graces the expressive, inviting finish. This is a terrific showing from proprietor Carmen Policy and winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown.”
94 Points | Antonio Galloni | Vinous Media
DI COSTANZO
2019 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
FARELLA VINEYARD
COOMBSVILLE | NAPA VALLEY
Members’ price: $140
“The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard is sensational, and also the greatest wine I have tasted from Massimo and Erin Di Costanzo. All the elements are so well balanced. Black cherry, plum, tobacco, dried herbs and leather literally explode from the glass. Readers who can find the 2019 should not hesitate, as it is a major-league wine.”
98 Points | Antonio Galloni |Vinous Media
97 Points | Wine Enthusiast
96 Points | James Suckling
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