2016 La Jota Vineyard Co.
Howell Mountain Merlot
Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, CA
$125.00 per bottle / 106.25 club price
The 2016 La Jota Merlot encompasses all that is Mountain Merlot with a structure to relish. Notes of espresso, dark chocolate, and toast follow ripe blackberry, minerality, and weight on the palate.
Vineyard
La Jota Vineyard, W.S. Keyes Vineyard
Aging
20 months in French oak (74% new)
Alcohol by Volume
14.9%
Harvest Date
October 5 - October 25, 2016
Composition
90% Merlot,
5.5% Petit Verdot,
4.5% Tannat
Acclaim
95 points
Kim Marcus
Wine Advocate, November 2019
