2005 Merryvale Merlot Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  11/13/2015 - mda7 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  it's come a long way, really nice right now

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  5/8/2015 - Grenik Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This has aged very nicely and was a pleasure to drink. This is a soft, cuddly merlot now. Plum, blueberry, floral notes and just a hint of campfire embers, sweet pine, and white pepper. Nice complexity, good balance, a joy to drink. I am glad I held a bottle this long, but I think it is time to drink these up.

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  12/10/2013 - Rollerball Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A compelling and delicious surprise, balancing assertion and subtlety; fruit and tertiary nuance; and contemplation and juicy quaffability.

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  10/20/2013 - mystycreek Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Cherry, blackberry, earthy and round, a lively old merlot, very much like a right bank bordeaux.

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  6/2/2012 - Matt T wrote: 87 Points

  This is past peak. A little unbalanced at this point, but some complexity emerged after about an hour and this had a nice smoky finish.

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