2015 Waterbrook Merlot Reserve Columbia Valley

Established in 1984, Waterbrook Winery is a Walla Walla, Washington pioneer. Today it features a state-of-the-art winery, a tasting room with year-round events, hospitality, and a 49-acre estate vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley AVA. Winemaker John Freeman masterfully handcrafts wines that are true-to-variety, full of depth and structure and representative of the Columbia Valley’s best.

Their namesake vineyard, Waterbrook Estate, was first planted in 2009 on the former site of homesteader Uriah Corkrum’s historic wheat fields in the Spring Valley area. Unique silt loam soils with a little sand hold in moisture, and its hot days and cool nights capture great acids and sugars. Waterbrook Estate Vineyard enjoyed its first harvest in 2012 and continues expanding its plantings with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Chardonnay.