White Sands Vineyard,Yakima Valley,Washington
Oak 2 / Body 5 / Sweetness 0
Winner of 5 gold medals in 2006*. Bold, yet elegant. This Yakima Valley Merlot is big and full with up-front waves of raspberry, blackberry and plum. Subtle notes of cedar and mocha follow the fruit. Over time, the flavors harmonize while the select oak contributes a tempering vanilla note and establishes a sumptuous combination of textures and well defined structure.
Dark, rich and intense, it is a wine worthy of aging; will continue to improve for at least 2 years in the bottle.
CRUSHED GRAPE PACKS
Cellar Craft uses over 12 pounds of virgin, varietal grapes to produce Crushed Grape Packs for true, on-the-skins fermentation in its Showcase reds. All of the natural skins and solids from variety-specific grapes are captured for extra extraction of aromatics, flavor, tannin, colour and body during the fermentation stage. The finished wine shows character never before possible from a kit. Truly a quality breakthrough! Available in 16 varieties!!
Each kit is in the 18L format. Produces 6 gallons of wine.
CELLARCRAFT WINE LEGEND Oak
0 Unoaked
1 American Toasted
2 American Untoasted
3 French
4 Hungarian Shavings
5 Hungarian Oak Cubes
6 Acacia Wood Cubes
7 Hungarian medium toasted cubes
8 Hungarian natural oak shavings
Body
1 Light
2 Light/Medium
3 Medium
4 Full
5 Very Full
Sweetness
0 Dry
1 Off Dry (230mL flavour reserve)
2 Sweet (470mL flavour reserve)
6 Very Sweet (2.0L flavour reserve)
10 Dessert Wine
