Sant'Elena Merlot 2009 Stags Leap District with layered texture and complexity

with layered texture and complexity

and plum supported by hints of cocoa

Marlborough

While the composition of The Bard varies from year to year

who praised its finesse and structure

Sant'Elena Merlot 2009 Stags Leap District with layered texture and complexityAbout This Wine A richly matured Merlot from the Collio area of Friuli, showing dark cherry, plum, cedar, and tobacco aromas with hints of cocoa and dried herbs. The palate is silky and evolved, balancing ripe fruit with earthy complexity and a long, harmonious finish. A refined, old world expression of northern Italian Merlot at its peak. Score 92 points, James Suckling.