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| Drinking window: Drink between 2008 and 2012 (based on 10 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wineshlub on 2/26/2010 & rated 85 points: Aroma of plums with veggie overtones. Palate is boysenberries and those New World merlot green peppers, with a lingering, pleasant finish. ABV is a commendable 12%, and it shows. Halfway between California and Bordeaux, bpth geographically and stylistically. I would like more backbone, and a bit less oak. The vegetal components don't bother me, but they might bother some. Overall a good, if slightly clumsy, wine which I liked, but would have liked much more at $15 rather than $20. (1701 views) | | | Tasted by jdrach on 7/5/2008: Appearance: Ruby port. Nose: Earthy. Taste: Hints of black pepper at beginning. Sweet juicy blackberry finish. Round mellowness (774 views) |
| Dr. Konstantin Frank Producer websiteMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.New York Uncork New York! (New York Wine & Grape Foundation)
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