2011 Grand Napa Vineyards Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  11/24/2023 - Cool_Hand_Luke Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking very nicely! Drank with Thanksgiving dinner (the 2nd day) and it was a fantastic pairing!
  Thank you WTSO for this Cellar Tracker gem!

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  4/10/2020 - BBinSC wrote: 87 Points

  86-88: well it might taste oaky, old, and thin; or maybe it's an homage to St. Emilion? Either way, drink up!

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  11/27/2019 - southpaw25 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Much better this time around.

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  9/22/2019 - Quarked wrote: 84 Points

  This may be slightly improved from last bottle 3 years ago, but it's not very good. On opening, it's still oaky, with the fruit completely hidden. A couple hours or air and the oak is better, but the middle is absent, almost watery, and some bitterness arrives. Is this just the result of a poor vintage? (Note: much better on second night. Nice camphor, sandalwood finish. It may simply be best to give this a long time to come around.)

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  4/17/2019 - vinus_operandi Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  another WTSO dudd. i was expecting a lot more from this Howell Mountain effort. the wine is unexceptional in every way. deep purple/crimson in color and medium bodied. the nose is more or less closed (even an hour and a half later). on the palate are plum, cherry, and a hint of oak. very little structure or backbone, the wines fades quickly on the palate and is lacking in any kind of meaningful complexity. enough said!

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