Provenance Vineyards
Napa Valley Merlot
Their inaugural vintage was in 1999, Provenance means "origin" or "source." In the art world, a provenance is the record of a work’s ownership, from its creation to the present day. Nice ripe dark fruit aromas. Plum and ripe blackberry flavors with bits of cacao and black tea. Soft tannins, good acidity balance, a joy to drink. Should continue to age nicely over next 5+ years.
Their inaugural vintage was in 1999, Provenance means "origin" or "source." In the art world, a provenance is the record of a work’s ownership, from its creation to the present day. Nice ripe dark fruit aromas. Plum and ripe blackberry flavors with bits of cacao and black tea. Soft tannins, good acidity balance, a joy to drink. Should continue to age nicely over next 5+ years.
Feb 20th, 2018Truly amazing wine. Napa Merlot from Tom Rinaldi. Pleasant moth feel and tannins.
Truly amazing wine. Napa Merlot from Tom Rinaldi. Pleasant moth feel and tannins.
2 people found it helpfulJan 26th, 2013With burger @ SFO -- Cat Cora = YES
With burger @ SFO -- Cat Cora = YES
1 person found it helpfulJun 14th, 2014Loaded with fresh ripe red cherry, plum and raspberry. Have a little bit jammy action but a pleasant one. Sweet cinnamon and dark chocolate on the nose as well. Medium body and medium acidity with a bitter green herb notes on the finish. Pretty dry. Good steak wine! 15.1% alc. 2013 vintage
Loaded with fresh ripe red cherry, plum and raspberry. Have a little bit jammy action but a pleasant one. Sweet cinnamon and dark chocolate on the nose as well. Medium body and medium acidity with a bitter green herb notes on the finish. Pretty dry. Good steak wine! 15.1% alc. 2013 vintage
Feb 20th, 2017Delicious and a great QPR $20 at Costco.
Raspberry, cocoa, boysenberry, eucalyptus, little vegetal note on the finish. Smooth tannins, medium body and acidity.
Delicious and a great QPR $20 at Costco.
Raspberry, cocoa, boysenberry, eucalyptus, little vegetal note on the finish. Smooth tannins, medium body and acidity.
A very good Merlot. This wine is flexible. It is not very dry, but has some decent fruit including blueberries and maybe boysenberry. As other reviewers have mentioned there is also a bit of cocoa. It went surprisingly well with the ribeye steak I paired it with. It was a decent value at Costco. It may be more expensive elsewhere and not as good of a value.
A very good Merlot. This wine is flexible. It is not very dry, but has some decent fruit including blueberries and maybe boysenberry. As other reviewers have mentioned there is also a bit of cocoa. It went surprisingly well with the ribeye steak I paired it with. It was a decent value at Costco. It may be more expensive elsewhere and not as good of a value.
Jul 14th, 2021V16. Very good. Decant. Very soft smoked meat nose. Juicy blackberry and black currant fruit. Full, round, chocolate, soft leather and earth finish. Well balanced.
V16. Very good. Decant. Very soft smoked meat nose. Juicy blackberry and black currant fruit. Full, round, chocolate, soft leather and earth finish. Well balanced.
Jun 13th, 2021