2011 Craggy Range Merlot Single Vineyard Gimblett Gravels Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 87.9 points

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  5/11/2020 - Missus T Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Nose quite smoky
  With minimal aeration it is smooth with straightforward red fruit flavor.
  As it aerates, tannins really pith up. I don't know enough about the chemistry of wine to understand how this could possibly happen; I'm used to it doing the reverse.
  But it is a medium bodied wine with not very complex plum flavor and delightful low acid for a red. It did not complement my steak but it went quite nicely with the chocolate cake at dessert, which had a cream cheese based dressing. This made me think this would be a fine wine to enjoy with cheeses.

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  2/13/2016 - Laconic wrote: 82 Points

  Thin-bodied. Tannins still tight. Not very flavorful.

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