Novelty Hills Merlot 2015

This delicious, consistently highly rated wine shows-off winemaker Mike Januik's deft hand with the variety. Fruit-forward and velvety smooth. Inviting wild cherry and dark chocolate aromas and flavors carry across a lushly textured mid-palate that gains intensity with added notes of fresh raspberry jam and spiced mocha. Rich and elegant, with a satisfying finish that lasts.

Novelty Hill is a small, independent winery crafting limited quantities of elegant wines from Washington State's finest vineyards. Committed to delivering consistent, high quality wines through careful nurturing from vine to bottle, they are dedicated to using innovative clonal selection, sound viticultural practices and gentle, artisan winemaking to produce wines of uncompromising character.