2008 Pedroncelli Merlot Bench Vineyards

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 85.5 points

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  1/14/2022 - InFrom/HF Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The cork was a wreck, but the years have been kind to this. Very enjoyable bottle.

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  4/14/2013 - Elisecbrown wrote: 82 Points

  Nice fruit. A little flabby - wouldn't start a bottle and save the 2nd half for the next day because it'd be bad/syrupy already.

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  4/13/2011 - yorknh wrote: 86 Points

  First night: ran it through vinturi. Maroon in color, some fruit on the nose, medium tannins, very mild dark berry flavors, slightly astrigent finish, and very little acid tartness. I liked that it was neither overwhelming with fruit or acid and the tannins weren't overbearing. I was somewhat ambivalent about the mild astrigent finish. It wasn't unpleasant, but not really pleasant either. We drank half the bottle paired with roast, and it was a pleasant enough accompaniment. Recorked the bottle with a vacuum plug, but only pulled out one stroke on the vacuum pump.
  
  Week later: There was a bit more plum flavor, but otherwise was very similar to the week previous, until...I had a sip after having taken a bite of spaghetti with a slightly spicy red sauce that had lots of basil in it. From that point on, there was more dark fruit with lots more leather...in a good way, though there was still something of an astrigent finish.

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  3/9/2011 - beewino wrote: 90 Points

  This wine reminds me of what makes merlot so pleasant to drink! It's not that tutti fruitti version that gives merlot a bad name. This wine has plenty of blackberry and cherry aromas with a soft, easy mouthfeel.
  Very easy to drink.

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  3/8/2011 - PickleP wrote: 83 Points

  Tasted a hint of cherries but not much else. Not much fragrance other then the alcohol. Not bad, but nothing special.

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