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Community Tasting Notes 5
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Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 91 points
August 18, 2022 - PnP, followed over an hour or so.
Beautiful nose of graphite, dark red fruit, damp earth, some underbrush. Palate is medium body, true red fruit uplifted by acid, a slight stemmy character, and good tannic structure. Finish shows a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg spice, but also sweet cherry that is slightly tart from acid.
Call me a convert, this is a damn good Merlot. Properly balanced, well ripened but not overblown, good complexity. $30 or so. Steal. Plenty of structure to last another 5 years.
Drinking very well now but can hold for a bit as well. -
devman wrote: flawed
November 28, 2020 - Corked
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LaiJien Likes this wine: 90 points
October 22, 2020 - Medium ruby – black cherry, plum, dark spices, cocoa, vanilla, raspberry; palate follows nose. Medium- acid, medium tannins, 14.4% ABV, medium body, medium intensity, medium finish. Soft and approachable.
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Vanessa5712 wrote:
May 25, 2020 - so good!
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MAnor wrote:
February 22, 2020 - Tastes better with age.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Januik
- Varietal Merlot
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Columbia Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 16 (25%)
- Consumed 49 (75%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 4 votes
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- VarietyMerlot
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationColumbia Valley
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