Upon opening it had a familiar funk and wasn’t pleasant at cellar temperature. As it airs, things are starting to open up as the nasty funk floats off. Deep red fruit, dark plum skin, touch of leather, dark chocolate promising more. I expect that by the time this has been open an hour that the Klipsun merlot will have shaken and signs of sleep and be drinking nicely. Decent chewy tannin that is starting to sweeten up. Minerals were also apparent in the mix. Decent drinking wine. With various cheese and some dinner tbd, later.
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This is extremely rich and velvety merlot with big body and lots of stuffing for years of aging potential. It was slightly extracted for my blood but I can see that other palettes would really find this jaw dropping juice
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6/27/2020 - Leomania Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lush. Nice softening of the tannins, well-integrated.
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3/31/2019 - Champagneinhand Likes this wine:
Upon opening it had a familiar funk and wasn’t pleasant at cellar temperature. As it airs, things are starting to open up as the nasty funk floats off. Deep red fruit, dark plum skin, touch of leather, dark chocolate promising more. I expect that by the time this has been open an hour that the Klipsun merlot will have shaken and signs of sleep and be drinking nicely. Decent chewy tannin that is starting to sweeten up. Minerals were also apparent in the mix. Decent drinking wine. With various cheese and some dinner tbd, later.
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2/5/2019 - curtr wrote:
PNP, time to drink up.
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12/16/2017 - Leomania Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lush, terrific concentration, noteworthy tannins. Will benefit from more time in the cellar.
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11/26/2017 - 2caveman Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is extremely rich and velvety merlot with big body and lots of stuffing for years of aging potential. It was slightly extracted for my blood but I can see that other palettes would really find this jaw dropping juice
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