The 2019 Merlot Vintner's Select is 100% Merlot but still blends fruit from both of the ranch's counties (it's 82% Napa and 18% Sonoma). Showing greater ripeness and purity than the regular bottling of Merlot, it oozes black cherries on the nose, tinged with cassis and hints of oak-derived scents of baking spices. Medium to full-bodied, it's ripe and expansive, flowing easily across the palate and leaving a plush trail of velvety texture and softly dusty tannins on the finish.