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• AaronJCohen Likes this wine:

  April 4, 2024 - The wine was soft. There were little fruit flavors left it was oaky with some tobacco and pencil/

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• stevegpg Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 8, 2020 - Served with sausage and pasta in garlicky olive oil. Nice mellow fruit on nose and mouth, short finish but very enjoyable.

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• jschnabel wrote: 91 points

  January 22, 2017 - The nose yields vanilla and a garden of roses, but a little barnyard funk that all works (I know, weird). This merlot has a really nice personality. The palette initially, yet fleetingly, gets a little brine, but quickly yields to the vanilla cream and ends with a dark sweetness, like molasses. It's an American Merlot, but a very imaginative and interesting quaff.

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• Coachron13 wrote: 88 points

  November 3, 2016 - We love James Cole wines, but this first attempt at a straight merlot is just OK. We tasted the 2013 Merlot at their release party recently and it's excellent. This 2012 is lacking something, it's pleasant enough to drink, but there's no wow there. Maybe another year or two of cellaring??

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer James Cole
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 33 (26%)
• Consumed 92 (74%)

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