2009 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Eve's Cidery After approximately 18 months in

After approximately 18 months in bottle

fields of local citrus in bloom

It was vinified in a 1961 foudre from Alsace with 1150 liters of capacity where it aged for 16 months

the juiciness

2009 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Eve's Cidery After approximately 18 months inThe Red Hen Merlot Vineyard, along Dry Creek, at the very top of the creeks alluvial fan, is a warm site withvery light and thin soils, composed of a foot of silty loam sitting on top of at least 20 feet of pure cobble. The vines are naturally small berried and early ripening. The stress results in extremely low yields, barely making over a ton per acre of intense and concentrated fruit. In the 1950s through the 1970s, this block produced the top