A high-quality Merlot that expresses the terroir of Napa Valley's renowned wine-producing regions, Oakville and Oak Knoll AVA.
Carefully selected from the finest vineyards in Napa Valley, Oakville and Oak Knoll.
The Oakville terroir offers dark fruit, dense texture and a flint finish, while the Oak Knoll terroir adds ripe red and blue fruit, spice and concentrated acidity from the deeper soils.
The grapes are hand-picked at night, cold soaked for 5-6 days at an average temperature of 10 degrees, and then cooled fermented at 27 degrees for 7-10 days.
The wine is pumped over once or twice a day, then lightly pressed and transferred to barrels, where it goes through malolactic fermentation and is stirred weekly to achieve a rich texture.
Soft, flexible tannins envelop a thick body with concentrated black fruit and rich oak aromas. Dried herbs, cedar, and pencil shavings beautifully express the earthiness that is characteristic of Napa Valley.
Provenance Vineyards started in 1999 and quickly gained a reputation as a Cabernet house in Napa Valley. The Italian-born founding family had a vision to produce "provenance," a true premium Napa wine with authentic origins, and they were successful. Since then, several companies have taken over the management, and in November 2021, the Lombardi family, who run Allen Lombardi in Lodi, inherited the brand.
Allen Lombardi is a winery founded by East Coast native Thomas Allen, who was searching for high-quality vineyards in California and purchased a vineyard in Lodi. They were attracted by Provenance's rich history, timeless style, and strong growth potential, and inherited the winery. They will continue to tell more Napa wine lovers around the world about the greatness of this wine.