2010 Beringer Vineyards Merlot Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 87.2 points

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  1/31/2022 - Camsss Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Aged surprisingly well. Balanced fruit, acidity and tannin, medium body. Not complex but very drinkable.

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  12/20/2016 - Baron Slick wrote: 88 Points

  Such a sassy Merlot. Spicy, plummy nose of black fruit, cigar box, and marzipan. Tasty red fruit and very piquant in the mouth. Good balance, brightness, and energy along with a medium body. Gets tastier the longer it sits. Nice.

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  2/29/2016 - WinoTom44 wrote:

  Decent flavor especially early on but the finish is a bit rough. Hopefully it will age well and is worth the price

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  1/15/2015 - oakville72 wrote: 85 Points

  An all-too-typical Napa Valley Merlot: deep color, berry and oak in the nose, fruit-forward flavors, too much alcohol (14.4%), and next-to-no varietal character. One might only guess that it's Merlot by eliminating all other red grapes. Finish is fat with a touch of astringency, but by the time the tannins go away the wine will probably have devolved into a flabby mess. Nevertheless, this formulaic example of the varietal will no doubt please those who choose Merlot out of ignorance and/or like this overblown style of wine. If you want a really GOOD Napa Valley Merlot, try the 2011 Neyers Merlot from Conn Valley.

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  8/16/2014 - Chip Merlot Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I'm surprised by the low numbers for this wine. It is unapologetically, and hugely enjoyably, fruit forward with solid tannins and enough of a backbone to give it weight without astringency. Simple in the way that a sunset is simple - nothing mysterious, just a lot of dark fruit, viscous, easy drinking. Kudos, Beringer.

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