BIG brother Cabernet has a counterpart!!!! We realized that this Novelty Hill Merlot is another great effort, so we moved in on it and bought some for ourselves.

'Despite chunky tannins, this has a level of elegance that makes the raspberry and smoky chocolate flavors sing sweetly. Lingers nicely on the finish. Drink now through 2012.' -Wine Spectator

Winemaker and Consultant, Mike Mike Januik has had eight wines listed on Wine Spectator’s prestigious “Top 100” list, and in 1999,... Wine Enthusiast magazine named him one of the world’s ten “Master’s of Merlot.”