Held onto it for many years as an experiment ... which ran amok ... this was a tad over the hill and upon open had an unpleasant spoilt odor but its aromatics settled down over time and took on a fruitier tone. The palate also seemed over the hill with off flavors, although over time it too rallied and showed some blueberry and cassis. Overall, however, this was overly dense and sweet for me.
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Particular nose - almost bran-like, vegetal. This belies the explosive fruitiness contained within and a very smooth feel. For a merlot, strong evidence of chocolate.
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Tasty. No need to say much else as it's not a thinking wine. Ripe black fruit and thick mocha. Will buy 6 more bottles - at $12 per, it'll replace orange juice as my wake up beverage of choice.
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This was very interesting. First night opened - very dumb, with a thin metallic taste that almost consigned this to the sink. Thought was corked. 80 points at best. Decided to bottle up the remainder in a 1/4 and a 1/2 bottle. Three nights later the 1/4 bottle was consumed. Much better, fat and ripe, still slightly green, but ripe and tasty. Two nights later, finished the 1/2 bottle. Dark colour, still slightly dumb on the nose, only hints of blackberries/cherries, palate has nice fleshy bramble cherry fruit with very soft acidity and low tannin. A tinge metallic and green on the finish -but nothing like 5 days ago. Quite tasty. Final score - 86, but probably went 78, 90, 86 on three different days. Would be interested in other posts on this, as the other two MP wines I have had have been very consistent (89,90).
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10/16/2013 - pgb67 wrote: 85 Points
Held onto it for many years as an experiment ... which ran amok ... this was a tad over the hill and upon open had an unpleasant spoilt odor but its aromatics settled down over time and took on a fruitier tone. The palate also seemed over the hill with off flavors, although over time it too rallied and showed some blueberry and cassis. Overall, however, this was overly dense and sweet for me.
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8/3/2013 - europat55 wrote: 89 Points
This was surprisingly good!
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8/4/2009 - skifree wrote: 84 Points
Sweet black cherry predominates. Enjoyable, but lingering hotness detracts.
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9/27/2008 - Garfield wrote: 88 Points
This wine actually gained some complexity and became more intresting over te last two years.
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6/16/2007 - caboychuck wrote:
Had with burgers. Nice bottle. Seemed to have settled down a little since last taste.
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7/14/2006 - Dulcie and Aylwin wrote:
Particular nose - almost bran-like, vegetal. This belies the explosive fruitiness contained within and a very smooth feel. For a merlot, strong evidence of chocolate.
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2/18/2005 - Ajalijali wrote: 88 Points
Tasty. No need to say much else as it's not a thinking wine. Ripe black fruit and thick mocha. Will buy 6 more bottles - at $12 per, it'll replace orange juice as my wake up beverage of choice.
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11/30/2004 - thebonnydooner wrote: 86 Points
This was very interesting. First night opened - very dumb, with a thin metallic taste that almost consigned this to the sink. Thought was corked. 80 points at best. Decided to bottle up the remainder in a 1/4 and a 1/2 bottle. Three nights later the 1/4 bottle was consumed. Much better, fat and ripe, still slightly green, but ripe and tasty. Two nights later, finished the 1/2 bottle. Dark colour, still slightly dumb on the nose, only hints of blackberries/cherries, palate has nice fleshy bramble cherry fruit with very soft acidity and low tannin. A tinge metallic and green on the finish -but nothing like 5 days ago. Quite tasty. Final score - 86, but probably went 78, 90, 86 on three different days. Would be interested in other posts on this, as the other two MP wines I have had have been very consistent (89,90).
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