Summary
Carneros, at the northern edge of San Francisco Bay, is cool enough for vintners to grow chardonnay and pinot noir, so when a warm-weather grape like merlot is planted there, the resulting wine will likely taste refined rather than robust, and gracious instead of garrulous.
That's precisely what happens with this very elegant wine from Buena Vista. It's marked by finesse, not force.See the full content of this document
Extract
Buena Vista, Merlot, Carneros, 2004, $21
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