2003 Merlot
Merlot comes into its own atop Greenwood Ridge, showing off lush, flesh-textured ripe plum, cherry and black currant, with notes of blackberry, dark chocolate, cedar and French bread oakiness.
2003 Merlot			Awards
Mendocino Ridge Estate bottled 0.61 T.A., 3.76 pH 14.1% alcohol 100% French oak Barrel aged 20 months Suggested cellaring: up to 5 years Bottled August 31, 2005 Released November 1, 2005 1000 cases produced $25			Best of Class, Gold, New World International Gold, San Francisco Chronicle Gold, Pacific Rim International