Korbin Kameron, Merlot, 2021 SO102825 Istine GS with an intensity of strawberry

with an intensity of strawberry and red fruit that belies its modest price and proves rosé can be serious wine

the results are especially vivid and pure

and cool temperatures

Concentrated flavors of dark fruit and cherry compote are underscored by earthy undertones

Korbin Kameron, Merlot, 2021 SO102825 Istine GS with an intensity of strawberryThis Merlot comes from a mountaintop estate straddling the Napa Sonoma line at 2,300 feet, in the Moon Mountain District, farmed by Phil Coturri, one of California's most experienced organic and biodynamic mountain growers. The Korbin Kameron vineyard was planted in 2000 to all five red Bordeaux varieties, and its high elevation site, on complex soils of ancient seabed and volcanic rock, gives Merlot far more structure and lift than the plush valley