A nod to the long, even-keeled growing season on our high-elevation Sage Vineyard atop Mount Veeder, 2018 Signature Merlot displays the concentration and finesse of a classic mountain-grown Merlot. Aromatically complex with licorice, violets, dusty cocoa, and fine leather, the flavors move from dense black cherry and currant fruits, refreshed with a blood orange-like acidity to savory herb, forest, and bergamot notes.

With a cooler vintage enabling multiple layers of flavor to develop, the 2018 Shiraz is powerful, complex, and compelling. A bevy of dense black fruits and savory spices unfold and persist on the palate— plum, licorice, and black cherry maintain exceptional freshness and focus while beautiful floral fragrances of lavender and rose hips reveal the wine’s nuanced varietal character.

Focused and more high-toned, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon displays layers of fresh Bing cherry and black currant wrapped around a core of savory earth and cocoa. The youthful fruit intensity and polished tannins of this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon are impeccably balanced, providing breadth and structure while scents of wild sage, lead pencil and star anise reveal the wines’ Mount Veeder components.