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Our label backgrounds are photographs of actual cut stone. As our name "Strata" speaks
of the earth's many layers, we search out stone that depicts the many
layers created by Mother Nature. |
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2003
Wine Profile
Grape Varietal:
100% Merlot
Appellation:
Oak Knoll District
Napa Valley
Grape Sugar:
25 degrees Brix
Time in Oak:
24 months
Type of Oak:
50% new French
50% new American
Wine Alcohol:
14.8%
Cases Produced:
600 cases |
Tasting
Notes
The 2003 Strata Merlot is a bright and full Merlot showing purity, texture, & depth. The
aromas are dense of ripe concentrated flavors. Bright cherry, wild berries,
chocolate, cinnamon & toasty sweet oak start your senses going. On
the palate, it’s lush and creamy texture is ripe and round showing full
mid palate flavors of chocolate, black plum, & sweet oak. The well
intefrated tannins give you the long finish you desire in this medium to full
bodied 100% merlot. Drink now or cellar a case and enjoy the wine as it
evolves over the next decade .
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2003
Merlot Tech Sheet
(Downloadable Microsoft Word Document)
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2002
Merlot
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2002
Wine Profile
Grape Varietal:
100% Merlot
Appellation:
Oak Knoll District
Napa Valley
Grape Sugar:
24.6 degrees Brix
Time in Oak:
23 months
Type of Oak:
50% new French
50% new American
Wine Alcohol:
14.5%
Cases Produced:
1200 cases
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Tasting
Notes
The 2002 Merlot is deep and dense with aromas of black cherry, blueberry,
chocolate, cinnamon and toasty sweet oak. On the palate, it’s lush
and silky with deep, concentrated flavors of chocolate, black cherry
and sweet oak; it’s excellently balanced for drinking now, but
has the structure to age gracefully in your cellar.
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2002
Merlot Tech Sheet
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2001
Merlot
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2001
Wine Profile
Grape Varietal:
100% Merlot
Appellation:
Oak Knoll District
Napa Valley
Grape Sugar:
24.5 degrees Brix
Time in Oak:
24 months
Type of Oak:
50% new French
50% new American
Wine Alcohol:
14.2%
Cases Produced:
1200 cases
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Tasting
Notes
A fascinating bouquet with extremely interesting complex highlights of
toasted oak, sweet black cherries, vanilla, & chocolate. The mouth
flavors are generous with rich, ripe, chewy soft tannins, & highly
extracted amounts of cherry. Big and fruit forward, this wine will appeal
to even the most die hard Cabernet drinker.
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2001
Merlot Tech Sheet
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2000
Merlot
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2000
Wine Profile
Grape Varietal:
100% Merlot
Appellation:
Napa Valley
Harvest Date:
September 8, 2000
Grape Sugar:
24 degrees Brix
Time in Oak:
23 months
Type of Oak:
50% new French
50% new American
Wine Alcohol:
13.8%
Cases Produced:
500 cases
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Tasting
Notes
Strata’s 2000 Merlot has a fabulous extraction of flavor, color,
and tannin. It carries a spicy nose of French oak, a balanced acidity,
as well as ripe & rich revealing layers of vanilla and blueberries.
The wine shows great depth and complexity while possessing the tannin
backbone necessary for extended aging.
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1999
Merlot
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Grape
Varietal:
100% Merlot
Harvest
Date:
September 16, 1999
Grape
Sugar:
24 degrees Brix
Time
In Oak:
23 months
Type of Oak:
50% French/50% American
Wine Alcohol:
13.8% by volume
Cases
Produced:
200 cases
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Tasting
Notes
1999 was characterized by consistently favorable grape ripening conditions.
The wine was barrel aged from December 1999 until November 2001 for a
total of 23 months in new French & American Oak. The French oak imparts
a spicy aroma while the American oak contributes a sweet (vanilla) mid-palate.
The uniqueness of Strata’s virgin soil, carefully controlled grape
growing and wine making, has given the perfect flavor to our 1999 Merlot.
We have created a lush wine with great character.
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