This bottle seems like such a deviation from prior vintages. Follows the trend of over extraction that many Napa wineries were moving to at the time. Not bad just not why I came to love Merryvale.
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Once again this a nice wine tonight. It is spice driven at the start and totally berry laden through the mid palette and lingering into the finish. The nose is fresh with mixed berries. Like prior notes the initial palette of the wine is cranberry, boysenberry, slightly rotted strawberry all amidst a creamy texture. Similar notes at the mid palette and finish. The wine has a great amount of acidity and tannin. I think this wine is great now and likely to improve?
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Really nice tonight. Spicy, racy and totally berry laden through the mid palette and lingering into the finish. The nose is fresh with mixed berry nose. On the initial palette the wine is cranberry, boysenberry, slightly rotted strawberry all amidst a creamy texture. Similar notes at the mid palette and finish. Lots of acidty here and not in an unbalanced way.
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2/3/2024 - bryon m wrote: 93 Points
Delicious! Drinking perfectly
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7/15/2023 - CabIPA wrote:
This bottle seems like such a deviation from prior vintages. Follows the trend of over extraction that many Napa wineries were moving to at the time. Not bad just not why I came to love Merryvale.
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12/29/2021 - racerchris Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still very young, but well balanced. A pretty big wine with lots of ripe fruit.
Better than the 2014 but not quite as good as the 2010.
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11/28/2020 - tomoem Likes this wine: 92 Points
Once again this a nice wine tonight. It is spice driven at the start and totally berry laden through the mid palette and lingering into the finish. The nose is fresh with mixed berries. Like prior notes the initial palette of the wine is cranberry, boysenberry, slightly rotted strawberry all amidst a creamy texture. Similar notes at the mid palette and finish. The wine has a great amount of acidity and tannin. I think this wine is great now and likely to improve?
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7/14/2020 - tomoem wrote: 91 Points
Really nice tonight. Spicy, racy and totally berry laden through the mid palette and lingering into the finish. The nose is fresh with mixed berry nose. On the initial palette the wine is cranberry, boysenberry, slightly rotted strawberry all amidst a creamy texture. Similar notes at the mid palette and finish. Lots of acidty here and not in an unbalanced way.
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