Pedroncelli Bench Vineyard Merlot

Tasting notes & discussion 51

Packages have been upgraded to 2-day transit for increased protection. This will last throughout summer.
Typically $20/bottle from Pedroncelli Winery & Vineyard
Vintage 2018 from Dry Creek Valley
Available for AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; KS; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY
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About Pedroncelli Winery & Vineyards
“Giovanni and Julia Pedroncelli purchased a vineyard, shuttered winery and a home mid-Prohibition in 1927. Working together they forged a family business which today spans four generations, so far. As early entrants on the Sonoma County wine scene there were many ‘firsts’ for the Pedroncellis. Inviting consumers in to taste their wines at the source, the first rosé wine made from Zinfandel, putting Sonoma County on the label, first to plant Cabernet Sauvignon, early adopters of temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and first to create an independent sales and marketing network.”

-hedroncelli

TASTING NOTES:
“Aromas are rich and enticing with hints of spice and ripe berries. Flavors of red plum, black tea and warm baking spices are showcased with a light oak toast and mocha notes. Medium bodied with rounded tannins follow through to a savory and lingering finish. A beautifully balanced wine.” (AbV 14.1%, pH 3.56, TA 0.6 g/100mL)

BARRELS:
12 months in American oak, 30% new.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
The suffix -hedron refers to any geometric figure with multiple faces. Rooted in the Greek word hedrā, meaning face. So, for example, a single die would be a hexahedron. Six faces. Unless it’s a twenty-sided die. In which case, it would be an icosahedron. Then there are things like an n-gonal hosohedron, which I don’t know if I can even explain. N-gonal means any amount of sides to a polygon, and hosohedron means as many faces as necessary. So what it describes geometrically is a tessellation, or tiling without gaps, of lunes, an area on a sphere made by two intersecting semi-circles, on a spherical surface where each lune has the same two polar opposite vertices.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
N/A

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
A better understanding of geometry than mine, which is probably not that hard to come by.

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