2008 Darioush Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  3/19/2018 - Winegeek83 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This was a tremendous bottle of wine! Perfectly aged and in a wonderful place at the moment. Lots of dark chocolate and mint with dark berries and hints of tobacco as it opened up. Better than the 08 Cabernet or the Shiraz from Darioush!

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  6/29/2017 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Certainly a lovely, full bodied and fruit forward wine. Velvety, and rich. Not a whole lot of nuance beyond that though. Probably will continue to evolve, or hold in this space for a couple more years, easily.

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  2/18/2014 - TSTEW22 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Quite a bit tighter than I thought it would be. Very jammy.
  Hints of blackberry, smoke, currant and and some vanilla. Will try another bottle in 9-12 months to see what's changed.

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  1/19/2014 - Vino Monkeys Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Great merlot. Extra cool because it's the first bottle I've used my Coravin on and it worked great!

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  1/5/2014 - Vino Monkeys Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Vertical tasting with the 2009 using my new Coravin (too cool!). Dark purple with a little brown at the edge. Not as much fruit in the nose as the 2009, but still a very rich indication of what's to come. Ripe, rich berries and dark fruit, but more "merlot-like" than the 2009. Definitely more peppery spice than the 2009, which causes me to favor this with a bit, though it's a close call. Finish is long. A great merlot that, despite being truer to the variety, still drinks a lot like a great cab.

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