A blend of 96% Merlot and 2% each of Petit Verdot and Malbec, the 2011 Merlot Wild Child comes all from the Stone Tree Vineyard and spent 18 months in a combination of French (mostly), Hungarian and American oak. It offers too much char and oak in its chocolate, charred earth, tobacco leaf and dark fruit aromatics, yet is medium-bodied, supple and easy drinking on the palate. Drink it over the coming couple of years.