2007 Succulence

Our debut vintage of Succulence is made entirely from Two Dog Vineyard merlot fruit.  The Two Dog Vineyard is located in Calistoga, and shares, as the northern boundary of its property, the southern boundary of the Bennett Lane Winery.  The wine was fortified with 164-proof neutral grape spirit, rather than with brandy, preserving the natural cherry and raspberry exuberance of the young merlot fruit, and then aged twelve months in French, American and Hungarian oak barrels, giving it gorgeous chocolate, coffee and smoke notes.  Succulence makes for a decadent dessert experience, a delightful apertif, and a marvelous nightcap.