Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2021 (375ml) Author DK sitting at the foot of

sitting at the foot of Batard-Montrachet (locals call this plot "Petit Batard" for good reason)

There is no shame in loving it

and the grape's trademark blade of acidity holding everything upright

and the untamed beauty of Patagonia

to the depths of the root zone of the vines

Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2021 (375ml) Author DK sitting at the foot ofRobert Keenan bet in 1974 that mountainside vineyards could make world class Napa wine, planting at 1,700 feet on Spring Mountain. Decades later, the family is still proving the point with this Merlot, drawn largely from those estate slopes and rounded out with select valley floor fruit. Mountain grown Merlot tends to have more spine and savory grip than the plush valley stuff, and Keenan's leans into that structure without losing its richness. This