2023 | Hourglass Merlot "Blueline" | Napa Valley | USA Pormenor this 100% varietal wine opens

this 100% varietal wine opens in smoky campfire and cigar

Juicy and flavorful

Sleek and very finely delineated

with mild stone and citrus fruit joining grass flavors that fade quickly in a short finish

fresh bark and delicate purple fruit

2023 | Hourglass Merlot "Blueline" | Napa Valley | USA Pormenor this 100% varietal wine opensA single vineyard Napa Merlot from a cult hillside producer Hourglass's "Blueline," plush and serious. Hourglass is a respected Napa producer, and "Blueline" is its estate hillside vineyard. This Merlot is no afterthought: plush, ripe and structured, with dark plum and cocoa over velvety tannins the kind of serious Napa Merlot that shows what the grape can do on a great hillside site. A Blueline Merlot is Napa Merlot taken seriously. Cult producer,