Layer Cake Pinot Noir California, 2018 Merlot Made with the signature smoothness

Made with the signature smoothness of traditional Crown Royal

five-plus days on the skins before fermentation and ten days after for rich texture and extraction

• 2020 - Double Gold Medal

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After a two-day cold soak

Layer Cake Pinot Noir California, 2018 Merlot Made with the signature smoothnessExpressive notes of raspberry, pomegranate, and cranberry, are supported by dried tea leaf and cola on the nose. The palate is layered texturally and has rich, pronounced blackberries and ripe plum. Soft, fine grained tannins and smoky, dark chocolate linger through the finish. Layer Cake works directly with the farmers that grow their grapes to exacting standards in some of the most diversely layered vineyards around the world. They are handpicked,