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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2015 (based on 2 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.1 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by OlegE on 6/25/2013 & rated 89 points: Plush Napa valley wine, the one which (in my mind) is very exemplary for the region. I tried Raymond Cabernet Sauvignon, but merlot is more complex and deep. Balanced, with playful acidity and tannin, not over the board. Finish with oak. Contrary to another review found that too long aeration (overnight) flattens the wine, but it is still very good. It is lacking true complexity in flavor and long finish this is why it is not great in my opinion, but it is very good. (4022 views) | | | Tasted by sjhoffman on 6/16/2013 & rated 85 points: Opened up a bit the sencond day with decanting. Tight the first day. Enjoyed the Raymond Napa Reseve Merlot a lot more!! (3925 views) | | | Tasted by mamas_wine on 11/10/2012 & rated 100 points: Excellent!!! (4828 views) | | | Tasted by mamas_wine on 10/7/2012 & rated 99 points: Excellent wine! (4580 views) | | | Tasted by ggkemp on 7/26/2012 & rated 87 points: Not as good as the 06 or 08.. Less complexity.. Might benefit from age.. (4888 views) |
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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.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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