<A HREF="http://www.silveradovineyards.com" TITLE="Silverado Vineyards"><IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/silverado/silverado-logo.gif" ALT="Silverado Vineyards" NAME="Silverado Vineyards" BORDER=0></A><BR> <H1>2004 Mt. George Merlot -- Silverado Vineyards Shopping Cart</H1> <I>Special <i>Beginning of Summer</i> pricing. A Cabernet Lover's Merlot! This unique barreling is another superb example of our Mt. George vineyard's Merlot.</I> <P> <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/silverado/images/2002Mt.Geo.Cab150dpi.jpg" HEIGHT=200 ALIGN=right ALT="2004 Mt. George Merlot" NAME="2004 Mt. George Merlot" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> <blockquote aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><b aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">Winemaking Notes:</b> Following wet February weather, warm March temperatures forced early budbreak and unusally dry spring conditions, plus a brief heat spike at the end of April, hastened flowering and kept vine vigor under control.<p aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">Harvested September 8 and 14, 2004. Brix level at harvest was 26.1. Sixteen days of maceration; wine was aged 14 months in 1005 new French oak barrels.</p> <p aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><b aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">Analysis: </b>Alcohol, 14.5 percent; titratable acidity, 5.75g per L; pH, 3.69; </p> <p aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><b aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">Tasting Notes:</b> Complex blend of dried herbs and ripe berry aromatics, wtih the oak in a supporting role. Lush density in the midpallette. Good acidity with fruit finish. </p> </blockquote> </P> <P> <LI>SKU: 30200 </P> <BR clear=left><BR><P><A HREF="http://store.silveradovineyards.com" TITLE="Silverado Vineyards Pruducts">Silverado Vineyards Pruducts</A></P> <BR clear=left><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.silveradovineyards.com">silverado vineyards</A> <BR>Silverado Vineyards <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart">shopping cart</A> powered by Nexternal