SITE SERIES
2016 APERTURE NOMAD 1.5L
The 2016 Nomad is a merlot blend that demonstrates an authentic strength and deeply refined beauty.
Available in 1.5L format while supplies last
“The 2016 Merlot Sugarloaf Vineyard is composed of 93% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. Opaque ruby in color, it has a mineral-driven nose, offering aromas of graphite and pencil shavings with violet, bitter coffee, dark chocolate, cured meats, black plum and blackberry liqueur with a classy frame of new oak spice. Medium to full-bodied, it’s lush, rounded and silky in the mouth with savory, ripe fruits finely knit by grainy tannins, finishing long and lifted.” – 95 points
Erin Brooks, Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
APPELLATION
Napa Valley
BLEND
93% Merlot
5% Cabernet Sauvignon
2% Cabernet Franc
BARREL PROGRAM
Aged 22 months
70% new oak
60 gallon French oak barrels
VINEYARD
Sugarloaf was planted on hillsides with rocky soils in the Napa Valley AVA. Situated at an elevation of about 850 feet, the area faces southwest towards San Pablo Bay. The climate is moderately warm with afternoon marine winds cooling the warmer air from the surrounding hillsides.
SOIL TYPE
Hambright rock-outcrop
