Greenwood Ridge Vineyards/Merlot And Cabernet/Allan Green/ Winemaker's Winemaker and Grower.

I have known Allan Green for many years and always look forward to visiting with him.My love for wine,Anderson Valley,and baseball are just a few of our shared interests.We are talking about Merlot and Cabernet today. First let's check out a little history and then on to the tasting notes.After we will visit with Allan and enjoy these beautiful wines. Since 1980, Greenwood Ridge Vineyards has built a reputation for producing world class wines in small lots (total annual production is only 1500 cases). Greenwood Ridge Vineyards has been named one of America's top 30 wineries three times in recent years by Wine & Spirit Allan Green brings a creative imagination to all his endeavors. A graphic artist by trade, the art of grape growing and wine making captivated him in 1973. Thirty years later, the Mendocino Winegrowers Alliance presented Allan with the George Zeni Memorial Award for "outstanding stewardship of the land, community service and producing the highest quality wine grapes in Mendocino County." Of course he combines wine, art and design whenever he can. He commissioned a group of painters and musicians to interpret Greenwood Ridge Vineyards wines in their own ways because he wanted to know how to describe the essence of wine. We have to check out the tasting notes as I open these wines. 2012 Merlot **** "A supple, full bodied, balanced Merlot with medium richness, layers of complexity and a smooth, long finish. Aromas/flavors of cassis, tobacco, green olive, cherry and spicy oak. Delcious. Excellent value" ---Restaurant Wine Magazine Mendocino Ridge Estate bottled 0.79 T.A., 3.45 pH 13.5% alcohol 100% French oak Barrel aged 20 months Suggested cellaring: up to 5 years Bottled August 28, 2014 Release date: January 2015 300 cases producedes. 2013 Hundred Point Cabernet Sauvignon The Hundred Point name comes from a rocky promontory on the nearby Mendocino coast, where, legend has it, one hundred ships have been wrecked. The challenge of Cabernet on the Ridge is to get it ripe. When it does mature it is glorious, flush with blackberry, black currant, green olive, tobacco, cedar and menthol, with an elegant suppleness that dazzles. Mendocino Ridge Estate bottled 0.74 T.A., 3.67 pH 13.8% alcohol 100% French oak Barrel aged 20 months Suggested cellaring: up to 30 years Bottled August 19, 2015 Released: January 2016 100 cases produced We now will introduce you to Mr. Allan Green Please join us as food just arrived at the table.