Much improved with a few more years on it. Fruit was surprisingly forward for a merlot. Nice dusty quality. Tannins smoothed out. Very enjoyable. Good QPR.
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If you have any of this, hurry up and drink it. The fruit is dropping out. It's still drinkable but it's much better with food. By itself it's pretty dry and tannic but the tannins are softened up pretty well. The fruit is dusty and muted, plums and dark cherries.
With a grilled ribeye steak, it opens up nicely and the structure of the wine is revealed along with the fruit, which blossoms as well.
But hurry up.
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Dark garnet color. Black cherry, blackberry and spice box nose. Tannins still present with balancing acidity. Dark berry and light vanilla on the medium finish. Great value ratio.
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Found the oak a bit overbearing this time - I like oak, but this seemed out of balance. Otherwise some definite tasty aspects to the wine, but definitely lacking something to really differentiate it. For $15 I would be all over this, but not for $36.
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Drank this too soon - still fairly tannic. My hope is that in a couple years it will settle down. A very honest merlot - subtle fruit, rich and smooth. This wine will never be a "wow", however.
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Decent fruit (cherry and a bit of blackberry), with a hint of oak on the finish. A bit lacking in the body though -- agree that at this price point, I would've expected a bit more. I'll give it some time in the cellar and see how it does.
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Solid merlot, but from a QPR perspective, a bit disappointing. Fruit was clean, oak treatment pleasant, but lacking concentration, depth, and complexity that I would expect at this price.
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4/3/2023 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente Likes this wine:
Agree with previous reviewer - no trace of age
Red cherry, London broil of my youth
No sprawling fireworks, but beautifully composed
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10/3/2022 - ericmca Likes this wine: 94 Points
Big and well balanced. Not a trace of age. Bright rim. Long smooth palate.
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5/20/2015 - FLI Likes this wine: 89 Points
Much improved with a few more years on it. Fruit was surprisingly forward for a merlot. Nice dusty quality. Tannins smoothed out. Very enjoyable. Good QPR.
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7/11/2014 - gavinesq Likes this wine: 88 Points
If you have any of this, hurry up and drink it. The fruit is dropping out. It's still drinkable but it's much better with food. By itself it's pretty dry and tannic but the tannins are softened up pretty well. The fruit is dusty and muted, plums and dark cherries.
With a grilled ribeye steak, it opens up nicely and the structure of the wine is revealed along with the fruit, which blossoms as well.
But hurry up.
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2/11/2014 - subir wrote: 88 Points
Nice fruity merlot.
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2/17/2012 - Frabjous wrote:
Let breathe in the bottle for several hours. First pour was a bit tight, so aerated into the decanter.
Lovely bright ruby red across the glass with lots of legs all around. Quite a bit of sediment on the screen with a lot still in the bottle.
Nice wine with good fruits and a nice structure.
90
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12/11/2011 - JC Cab wrote: 89 Points
Dark garnet color. Black cherry, blackberry and spice box nose. Tannins still present with balancing acidity. Dark berry and light vanilla on the medium finish. Great value ratio.
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8/31/2011 - Kirky wrote: 85 Points
Way over oaked!!
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7/23/2010 - wirelesswine wrote: 87 Points
Found the oak a bit overbearing this time - I like oak, but this seemed out of balance. Otherwise some definite tasty aspects to the wine, but definitely lacking something to really differentiate it. For $15 I would be all over this, but not for $36.
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5/31/2010 - ejca wrote:
pretty good, nothing special.
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3/25/2010 - afitzhugh wrote: 84 Points
Terribly boring, felt fairly flat and uninteresting. Not offensive, just not much interesting either.
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2/23/2010 - FLI wrote: 87 Points
Drank this too soon - still fairly tannic. My hope is that in a couple years it will settle down. A very honest merlot - subtle fruit, rich and smooth. This wine will never be a "wow", however.
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2/5/2010 - edkirwin wrote: 88 Points
Decent fruit (cherry and a bit of blackberry), with a hint of oak on the finish. A bit lacking in the body though -- agree that at this price point, I would've expected a bit more. I'll give it some time in the cellar and see how it does.
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1/31/2010 - wirelesswine wrote: 88 Points
Solid merlot, but from a QPR perspective, a bit disappointing. Fruit was clean, oak treatment pleasant, but lacking concentration, depth, and complexity that I would expect at this price.
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1/15/2010 - redrules wrote: 84 Points
Nice nuances, but lacks the power of Pine Ridge Wines that I have come to love and respect. Needs more body.
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