Pride Mountain Vineyards Napa County Estate Merlot 2023 012626OFFER it also makes a serious

it also makes a serious Negroni if you're feeling adventurous

and Rasteau

From the producer: The sicilian bitter that is born of etna's pendants

it brings a splash of joy to every moment

this skips the nutty oxidative character in favor of brightness and energy

Pride Mountain Vineyards Napa County Estate Merlot 2023 012626OFFER it also makes a seriousPride sits 2,100 feet up on Spring Mountain, where fog rarely reaches and the nights get properly cold mountain fruit, small berries, thick skins, real structure. That elevation is the whole story here: this is Merlot with backbone, not the soft and plush kind that gave the grape a bad name in the '90s. It's built on the same Mayacamas ridge that produces the estate's Cabernet, and it drinks like a serious mountain red that just happens to be Merlot.