Stickies! Dolce 2017 Late Harvest & Antigua Dessert Wine, 2 Bottles

Two beautifully crafted late-harvest and dessert wines from the Napa Valley. A perfect way to finish any evening. Includes one bottle each of the following.

 Dolce 2017 Napa Valley Late Harvest Wine, 375mL - 1 Bottle 

The 2017 Dolce is deep amber-colored wine with aromas of orange marmalade, apricot tart and honey followed by gingerbread, fruit tea, cardamon and toasted almonds. Very concentrated on the mid-palate with luscious sweetness and mouthwatering acidity that balances out the palate. Enchanting complexity and vitality with layers of exotic spices and flavors. Long and zesty finish. Lots of caramel and oranges. It shows great drinkability but will go much further with age.

Winery: Dolce

Bottle Size: 375 ml

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Late Harvest Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc

Appellation: Napa Valley

With a classic blend of late harvest Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, Dolce is the only American winery dedicated to producing a single late harvest wine. Dolce has brought forth a wine in every vintage, yet in small, unpredictable quantities; witness to the incredible difficulties presented every year in the effort to make Dolce.

Dolce is an extraordinary wine bred from a combination of sunshine, soil, fog, expertise, and dedication; a wondrous luxury, limited by nature to always being a gift of rarity.

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MERRYVALE ANTIGUA DESSERT WINE, 375ML - 1bottle

WINEMAKING

The template for what is now our Antigua Dessert Wine was initially crafted at Beaulieu Vineyards by iconic Napa Valley winemaker André Tchelistcheff in the 1960s. Antigua is produced using the solera process, a system of fractional blending over a number of vintages—in this case, over decades.

In the late 1980s, Merryvale purchased the last barrels of wine Tchelistcheff initially crafted which was made from vintages 1970 to 1983. Using these barrels as the base, Merryvale began crafting the later vintages that comprise the Antigua solera. The must was partially fermented, and fermentation was arrested by the addition of fine pot-still brandy. Merryvale made this wine from vintages 1992 through 1997. Today, our Antigua solera is an average of 35 years old.

TASTING NOTES
Golden/amber in color from its long aging in French oak, the wine is a complex combination of nuts and orange-peel aromas. Thick and rich in the mouth, the nuts and orange-peel theme continues from the entry through the long finish, highlighted by the many subtleties from the fine brandy and time in the barrel.

Winery: Merryvale Vineyards

Bottle Size: 375ml

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Muscat de Frontignan

Wines of distinction crafted in the heart of Napa Valley. Merryvale Vineyards makes wines that are quintessentially Napa Valley.

Merryvale's proprietors, the Schlatter Family, are winemaking traditionalists with a deep respect for Napa's winemaking legacy and a dynamic vision for the future of Napa Valley. They are committed to preserving the winery's rich history without compromising their forward-looking plans. With acclaimed winemaker, Simon Faury, they have sharpened their focus on Bordeaux varieties, the wines for which Napa is most renowned.

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