Young Inglewood VENN St. Helena Carbonic Merlot 2020 EARHARDT white flower

white flower

underpinned by a stony salinity

Lightly pyraziney and balanced

terroir driven dry riesling from one of the Pfalz's most consistent producers

Young Inglewood VENN St. Helena Carbonic Merlot 2020 EARHARDT white flowerSomeone 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