If You Still Hate Merlot, Watch This

Rutherford Hill Merlot Napa 2022 Link to Purchase Wine: https://www.winex.com/rutherford-hill-merlot-napa-2022.html Link to Glasses: https://www.winex.com/fontaine-premier-universal-wine-glass.html Join our Daily Email Offer List: https://cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/f3da488a-d10b-11ee-94a3-62718bdc6118 Let’s get something out of the way right now. Merlot did nothing wrong. The Rutherford Hill Merlot 2022 is proof of what great Napa Valley Merlot has always been capable of. Generous. Textured. Polished. Flavor packed. And wildly drinkable. Rutherford Hill was one of the pioneers of Merlot in Napa Valley when the AVA was established in the early 1970s. Alongside producers like Duckhorn, Beringer, and Matanzas Creek, they helped define what world class Merlot could be. And they are still doing it today. This wine is classic Rutherford. Cocoa dusted black cherry, ripe plum, baking spice, and that soft, supple texture Merlot does better than almost any grape. It delivers Cabernet like richness with more immediate pleasure and less aggression. Everything is smooth. Everything is polished. Nothing sticks out. The pedigree here is real. The vineyard work is serious. And the results speak for themselves. The 2021 vintage earned 93 points and landed on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list. The 2022 vintage followed it up with another 93 points, tasted blind, and was named Wine Spectator’s #2 Value Wine of the Year. That is not marketing hype. That is blind tasting validation. Wines receiving this kind of recognition routinely cost two to four times more. This one does not. It is joyful. It is generous. It is unapologetically delicious. If you ever liked Merlot, this wine reminds you why. If you think you hate Merlot, this wine fixes that.