Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2022 CS20230828 Georges Lignier is a Morey-Saint-Denis

Georges Lignier is a Morey-Saint-Denis domaine - grand crus

aiming for texture and minerality rather than the loud grassy-tropical style

and Pinot Noir 25%

decanted an hour or two before serving

The 2024 is impossibly balanced

Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2022 CS20230828 Georges Lignier is a Morey-Saint-DenisKeenan helped put Spring Mountain Merlot on the map, and their Napa Valley bottling continues that tradition. The 2022 is built around 84% Keenan estate Merlot from their mountain vineyards, where steep, gravelly slopes push the vines and give the wine real concentration. Eighteen months in a mix of French and American oak rounds it out without overwhelming the fruit. This is unapologetically a big Merlot plush, structured, and built to age and a