This one should have been opened at least a year ago. Today it tastes briefly of sour cherries and strawberries, before the alcohol heats up and overwhelms the flavor, it resolves to a pleasant tart blueberry flavor. Time to drink up if any are laying about. -t
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this wine met expectations. 30 min decant. i had the 2004 vintage of harris merlot at a friend's house and we drank it blind. it was well liked. i was interested to see how the 2005 was. opened up nicely with some stone and rock mixed with plum on the nose. smelled like a really solid merlot. i think this wine can hold longer, but certainly drinking excellent at this point of time.
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I enjoy a full-body cab over almost any merlot except a few. This is definitely a nice merlot but cannot stand up to a Duckhorn merlot. Generally lacking depth and finish.
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6/26/2016 - Lax4 Likes this wine: 89 Points
nie merlot that got better with time. considerable amount of sentiment. nice ruby red color...hits of cherry, berry and oak
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6/18/2015 - theduck wrote:
This one should have been opened at least a year ago. Today it tastes briefly of sour cherries and strawberries, before the alcohol heats up and overwhelms the flavor, it resolves to a pleasant tart blueberry flavor. Time to drink up if any are laying about. -t
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11/17/2011 - sayward wrote: 91 Points
this wine met expectations. 30 min decant. i had the 2004 vintage of harris merlot at a friend's house and we drank it blind. it was well liked. i was interested to see how the 2005 was. opened up nicely with some stone and rock mixed with plum on the nose. smelled like a really solid merlot. i think this wine can hold longer, but certainly drinking excellent at this point of time.
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11/13/2011 - callmeacab22 wrote: 89 Points
I enjoy a full-body cab over almost any merlot except a few. This is definitely a nice merlot but cannot stand up to a Duckhorn merlot. Generally lacking depth and finish.
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7/29/2010 - Fdarvish wrote: 93 Points
Vanilla, oak, plum, fruity
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