2015 Matthiasson Red Hen Vineyard Merlot, Napa Valley, USA Jerome Galeyrand Zero added SO2

Zero added SO2

and 18 months aging on full lees in large oak barrels

This comes from a small parcel in Bouze-les-Beaune

which help to give the wine a light-on-it’s-feet character and a preserve the bright fruit notes

planted on primary rock terraces of gneiss and mica schist

2015 Matthiasson Red Hen Vineyard Merlot, Napa Valley, USA Jerome Galeyrand Zero added SO2From the cool, breezy southern Napa flats, Red Hens gravelly alluvial soils give Merlot that is ripe but finely etched. The fruit was picked on the earlier side and fermented with native yeasts in small tanks, mostly destemmed, with gentle daily pump overs to keep the tannins fine. levage was deliberately quiettime in neutral French oak rather than new woodso the vineyard speaks clearly. This wine is offered from a private cellar, Terms and Conditions