From a stellar vintage comes yet another stellar wine: introducing our 2020 Meritage!
Gold Medal & 92 points - 2023 New York Wine Classic
Winemaking Blend: 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc, 19% Merlot Hand Harvested & Hand Sorted Cooperage: 18 months in neutral French oak barrels. Harvest Date: 9/28-10/18/2020 Harvest Brix: 24.0° -24.5° Alcohol: 14.8% Total Acidity: 6.2 g/L pH: 3.71 Unfined Bottling Date: 5/23/2022 Cases Produced: 5
Vineyard Sites 100% East Side of Seneca Lake
Tasting Notes & Food Pairing From a stellar vintage comes yet another stellar wine: introducing our 2020 Meritage! Harnessing grace and robusticity, your senses are met with a vibrant and eloquent expression of full, lively deep dark fruit and lavish deep dark chocolate. Leather and oak convey that exquisite balance of tannin and acidity. With a backbone that goes for miles and a finish that doesn’t seem to stop unfurling, we recommend holding onto this stunner for as long as you can resist. And resistance is hard!
Drink Window: Drink now – 2027 - 2036+ Serving Temp.: 60-65°f
Vintage Notes 2020 was a winemaker's dream, a vintage of idyllic growing conditions in the Finger Lakes. Expect to see extremely high-quality wines that show concentration, complexity, silky tannins, and the varietal specificity for which we are known. During the growing season we experienced gorgeous warm days and heat in timely doses. The heat produced the right amount of moisture stress (read lack of rain) to keep the fruit slightly dehydrated and the consequent flavor development of the skins and pulp lent a complexity to the juices that are playing out in the wines. Our winemakers crafted truly remarkable wines that will show well early but will have the depth of character to age gracefully.
