Young Inglewood VENN St. Helena Carbonic Merlot 2020 EARHARDT soft grass

soft grass

Irish dairy cream

but still bright and fresh

The 2005 vintage rum highlights the ancestral Jamaican style: 12 years aging in Jamaica and 1-2 years in France

Young Inglewood VENN St. Helena Carbonic Merlot 2020 EARHARDT soft grassSomeone in St. Helena looked at their Merlot and decided to make Beaujolais with it. Young Inglewood's VENN label fermented this whole cluster and carbonic sealed away from oxygen in stainless steel for fifteen days, then foot trodden before nine months in neutral French oak. Fruit comes from their practicing organic, low input estate on gravelly loam. At 12. 6% alcohol, pale ruby, and just 55 cases made, it's about as far from the Napa Merlot