2013 Robert Foley Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  5/5/2024 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 94 Points

  Day 1: Another stellar bottle. See other 3 notes but will right one anyway. Menthol, dark fruits, chocolate, spice and mild oak. Nice concentration and medium plus finish. 93 points
  Day 3: Another great day 3 bottle with menthol, mild funk, plum, blueberries, dark chocolate and spices. A touch of oak on the finish. Super complex wine and one would be fooled into thinking this is a $200 Napa Wine blind. 94 points
  Recommendation: Buy for under $50 if you can find it via auction.

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  4/28/2024 - 3daywinereview.com Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Day 1: This is the best $25 other than result of a crush. Bought via auction and could have had two cases instead of one. Funk, gravel, plum, tobacco, menthol, cherry and earth. Right banker in disguise. 94 points
  Day 2: Holding form nicely. This is the best bottle of the case so far and gives great promise this wine will drink well through 2030. Menthol, funk, tobacco, sour cherry, stone, earth and smoke. Big style wine but so good. 94 points
  Day 3: Over 10 years old and holding form. Wow purchase from my friends at Chicago Wine Company. Win for sure.
  Recommendation: Should have bought all 3 cases instead of one.

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  3/30/2024 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 93 Points

  Tom & Bruna's Wine Tasting (Edina, MN): So the hosts liked this better than us other 3 but I like both for different reasons. This is a bigger style but some modern Bordeaux character. Tobacco, oak, funk, cherry, blue fruits, spice and earth. Long finish and concentrated. Again outstanding.

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  3/27/2024 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 94 Points

  Day 1: Thank you cellar tracker as I would have not made this amazing purchase via auction without some data. This is an amazing wine and paid less than $25 a bottle. Mild oak, funk, blueberries, menthol, coffee beans, dark cherry and dust. Super complex wine and amazing what a great Merlot experience can be like from Napa. As good as almost every Cab at a recent $60 plus event. 93+ points
  Day 2: Wow! This tastes like a $200 Cabernet not a $50 Merlot which it is about the retail. Oak, dark cherries, spices, coffee beans, menthol, dust, tobacco and earth. Super concentrated effort and off the charts on the value. 94 points
  Day 3: Still has some nice characteristics but pales in comparison of day 1/2. 89 points
  Recommendation: This will drink well through 2028 for sure.

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  3/16/2024 - redz wrote: 92 Points

  Consistent with previous notes. Should continue to improve.

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