Flora Springs Napa Valley Merlot Featured in the Nittany Epicurean

Today, we’re headed to Napa for a red wine from one of my favorite producers:

2015 Napa Valley Merlot produced & bottled by Flora Springs (St. Helena, California).

This wine is 100% merlot from the Napa Valley. Following fermentation, the wine was aged for 19 months in a combination of new and used oak barrels. It comes in at 14.2% ABV.

Here it is in the glass:

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The wine showed a dark ruby color. Blackberry, cassis, mocha, vanilla, plum and oak all arrived on the deep and alluring nose. Blackberry, black cherry, cassis, vanilla, plum and oak followed on the palate. The wine exhibited great structure and length, along with soft tannins. This wine would pair well with a grilled hanger steak.

More to come from Flora Springs!
~NE

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