
Frog's Leap Merlot Napa Valley 2020
Napa Valley | Merlot
- Varietal
- Merlot
- Region
- California, Napa Valley
- Label ABV
- 13.20%
- Size
- 750 Ml
Description
The clay soil in which the Frog's Leap Merlot is grown is especially sensitive to changes in water content, and the 2020 crop was heavily influenced by a dry winter and growing season—the smallest crop of Merlot ever for the winery (until the even dryer 2021 vintage—spoiler alert). While tonnages were low, the moderate summer promised beautiful flavors. The timing of the Merlot picks dodged both the heat of early September and the wildfires at the end of the month, and the 2020 is destined to be a classic vintage of Frog’s Leap Merlot. Winemaking was quite simple—native yeast fermentation, careful pump-overs, and natural malolactic fermentation in barrel. Aging was for 18 months in French oak, 13% new. The resulting wine is rich and supple, with the low yields perhaps pushing the fruit a little darker and more brooding than usual.
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