Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2021 (375ml) SF Chronicle the name honors the notary

the name honors the notary Panaro

he's a vigneron in the truest sense

straight from the fridge or the freezer

Under the leadership of Nicole Moncuit and her daughter Valérie

and the acidity here truly does feel like a current running through the glass

Keenan Winery Napa Valley Merlot 2021 (375ml) SF Chronicle the name honors the notaryRobert 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