Community Tasting Note

z_willus_d wrote:

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - I concur with the preceding notes. This wine, tasted over a two day period, improved as it had time to open in glass/bottle. Briceland's Ishi Pishi reds that I have tasted exhibit a common signature (sometimes bypassing and overriding their varietal label) . There's a quality and depth that I really appreciate in these pure IP Briceland wines. In the case of this Merlot, it really did present as a Bordeaux style with not too much to suggest California. Structure and tannic backbone in the wine grew as the bottle drained. At times, I forgot myself and thought I was drinking a Renaissance Merlot, and I wonder when this wine is 20 years down the line, would it hold any court with the likes of those Renaissance Vin de Garde stalwarts. I'll probably never know with just two bottles of this left to try. I'm sure it'll be very nice in 5 years.

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