| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
1991 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Napa Valleymore |
12/6/2018 - clayfu wrote: NRWhatttt - served blind, wouldn't have guessed any older than 2001. Still structured but with a sweet round red fruit that was lush and delicious. Lots of cherry and acid in the wine. It's definitely more hedonistic but not overwhelming, but it has the underbelly in its frame to go along for the wine. Really delicious bottle. |
| Red |
1973 Davis Bynum MerlotRussian River Valley more |
11/29/2018 - clayfu wrote: NRsweet earthy fruit, getting tired though, showed its age. |
| Red |
1998 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGTMerlot more |
8/2/2013 - clayfu wrote: NRExcellent bordeaux. Oh what. It's merlot? from Italy? Big big wine. Tons of sweet fruit, framed by a touch of oak. Very dense heavy palate. A clear shift from the other wines we've had. Surprising that it's a 98 as it tastes like a 2009 bordeaux. |
| Red |
2000 Paloma MerlotSpring Mountain District more |
11/1/2009 - clayfu wrote: 87 pointsA pretty simple tasting wine. Nice fruit /w coffee beans and acidity with some secondary characteristics coming out but it seemed a bit tired. Surprised since it came out of a magnum. |
| Red |
2000 Paloma MerlotSpring Mountain District more |
6/7/2009 - clayfu wrote: 87 pointsMeaty dark red cherries with some tartish red berries on the nose. When the wine first hits, it's a soft cherry and vanilla but it quickly yields to HUGE roof coating tannins. The tannins are a bit overwhelming, I don't get much else from the wine and there's virtually no finish. |
| Red |
2001 Venge Vineyards Merlot Family ReserveOakville more |
10/20/2008 - clayfu wrote: 87 pointsPersonally my least favorite wine of the night. Just loads of black pepper on the nose with some dirt and sour cherry. A big ol handful of tart cherries with a medicinal aftertaste. A tannic and disjointed rough finish. |
| Red |
2004 Pride Mountain Vineyards Merlot Vintner Select Mountain Top VineyardSonoma County more |
10/20/2008 - clayfu wrote: 93 pointsDark extracted fruit with loads of pepper on the nose. Huge wine, just so consuming, I thought it was a Petite Sirah at first. HUGE loads of strawberries, with a hint of cocoa. A finish of green pepper , sour cherries and tannins. My problem with the wine is the copious amount of toasted oak and vanilla, a bit too heavy for my taste. I prefer a more restrained easy to drink Merlot. But I still liked this a lot. This had the finish but the Buccella had the smoothness of a classical merlot. |
| Red |
2005 Buccella MerlotNapa Valley more |
9/17/2008 - clayfu wrote: 93 pointsBrian called this a wussy wine. A soft lushish velvety mouthful of ripe strawberries with a load of chocolate, vanilla, and toasted oak to back it up. Still pretty tannic for a merlot of this “smoothness”. Incredibly intense nose and mid palate, you’re just overwhelmed by the strawberries and chocolate. My hangup with this wine is the short finish, you’re looking at a 10-15 second finish while the Pride had a good 25+ second finish. This leads me to believe this wine might be at its best in the next 2-3 years. 93 |
| Red |
2004 Ty Caton Merlot Caton VineyardSonoma Valley more |
9/7/2008 - clayfu wrote: 90 pointsFar better than the last bottle. |
| Red |
2004 Ty Caton Merlot Caton VineyardSonoma Valley more |
6/11/2008 - clayfu wrote: 87 pointsStrawberrry,oak on the nose. A bit hot. |
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