- BrandParadigm
- CountryUSA
- RegionNapa Valley
- TypeRose Wine
- Size750ml
- Certification Organic
- SKU 210000041316
Paradigm Rose of Merlot Oakville Napa Valley 2021
Paradigm Winery is a Napa Valley wine producer located in the Oakville AVA (American Viticultural Area). It produces a Cabernet Sauvignon-based portfolio of wines with the inaugural vintage from Paradigm released in 1991.
Paradigm Winery is family-owned by Marilyn and Ren Harris whom both have long lineage of wine producing in Napa Valley. 38 acres of the estate is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon with 10 acres of Merlot and smaller portions of Cabernet Franc, Zinfandel and Petit Verdot.
Oakville is one of California's most renowned wine regions, sandwiched between Rutherford and Yountville in the very heart of the Napa Valley. It has gained worldwide recognition for its opulent Cabernet Sauvignon and voluptuous Merlot wines.
The origins of Oakville's viniculture date back to 1868, when Henry Walker Crabb set up his first vineyard there. Fittingly, given the local surroundings, Crabb named the vineyard To Kalon (kalon means "highest beauty" in Greek) – a name retained by Robert Mondavi when he purchased the site almost a century later. Immediately south of To Kalon is Heitz Cellar's famous Martha's Vineyard. Together, these two vineyards make some of America's very finest Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
Merlot is a red wine grape variety (Vitis vinifera) with strong historic ties to Bordeaux and the southwest regions of France. It is associated equally with easy-drinking red wines and the great labels of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol.