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2006 Private Reserve Merlot
Our unique selection of Gift Boxes includes custom designed, branded birch wood packaged with your choice of Chateau Julien Private Reserve wine.
2006 Private Reserve Merlot
Our Private Reserve Merlot was the original red wine label produced by the
winery back in 1982, and is celebrated today as the Estate’s flagship varietal.
This wine incorporates only the best Merlot lots from our vineyard, aged
separately in the highest quality new French oak barrels until finalizing the
optimum blend prior to bottling.
Vintage
A mild, late spring and early summer temperatures gave the vine canopy time
to develop and ultimately protect the fruit during a summer heat spell. Changes
in the irrigation for 2006 resulted in enhanced vines, canopy and fruit quality.
Cluster thinning in mid-summer of some varieties allowed for quality fruit
development through harvest. Toward the end of the growing season we experienced
some cooler weather resulting in the 2006 harvest being later than the previous
year, with an average yield.
Winemaker Notes
Ripe blackberry and cassis aromas complement hints of cedar and mocha in this
full bodied wine. Complex flavors balance a nice, lingering finish
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