Young Inglewood VENN Napa Valley Carbonic Merlot 2021 NO20230816 and then largely abandoned as

and then largely abandoned as international varieties took over

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the man who literally wrote the book on Barbaresco and founded the co-op that became the Produttori

Young Inglewood VENN Napa Valley Carbonic Merlot 2021 NO20230816 and then largely abandoned asVENN is the Young family's playground their experimental project at the boutique St. Helena estate, where they pull Napa Merlot in unexpected directions. This bottling is carbonic, fermented whole cluster in the Beaujolais manner, which gives Merlot a totally different face: bright, juicy, perfumed, and built around fruit rather than oak or structure. It's Napa Merlot you'd want to chill slightly and pour through dinner. Proof that the variety has