: Accolades
Howell Mountain Merlot
With the premiere 2005 vintage, La Jota Merlot shows the height of quality that this grape variety can achieve
in Howell Mountain's soils. Intense, complex and age-worthy, this small-production wine is destined for the
collector's cellar.
2005 La Jota Howell Mountain Merlot
86 Points
Robert M. Parker Jr., The Wine Advocate, December 2008
The straightforward 2005 Merlot Howell Mountain (100% Merlot) offers scents of berry fruit, roasted
herbs, underbrush, and a note of minerality. Drink this monolithic 2005 over the next 7-8 years.