Bogle Vineyards Merlot

Garnet red in colour. The bouquet shows ripe summer blackberries and plums. The palate brings its trademark inky, jammy qualities that are a barrage of black fruit and spice, adding layer upon layer of complexity. Notes of supple leather and toasty oak envelop the flavours through the finish, giving way to wisps of caramel and vanilla and firm tannins.

There is a story everywhere, and there indeed a story behind the foil pheasant icon now perched subtly atop Bogle's labels. When Warren Bogle and his son Chris first decided to bottle the family's wine, they wanted a label that artistically depicted the unique River region where the vines were planted. Living on Bogle's River Ranch, was a multi-talented artist named Paul Lorenzi. Warren and Chris asked Paul to create a sketch of the vines. Sitting down one evening, with his glass of wine in hand, Paul began his sketch, when suddenly a gorgeous male ring necked Pheasant came into view and settled among the vines. Paul captured the bird as he gracefully arced over the vines. Thus the label with the bird was born. Merritt Island, where Bogle is located, has always been a heaven for amazing wildlife. Following a long farming tradition, father and son Warren and Chris Bogle planted the first eight hectares of vines in Clarksburg, California in 1965. Today Bogle Vineyards farms on over 14 different vineyard sites in the cooler parts of the Delta region near Sacramento. This is still a real family ...