2016 Blue Poles Merlot Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  3/16/2024 - colinscellar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Spice on the nose but I don't really taste it. The palate is a mix of of tart fruits; plum, backberry, something else black-ish that I can't place. Lots of acid keeping things very fresh. Chewy tannins, soft but grippy, cheek-coating. Mostly primary, I don't get a lot of oak character and not yet tertiary. Very enjoyable already but needs to find a next phase of evolution to really wow.
  Good now, but mostly I'm curious about where it goes with time. Wants 5-10 more years, I suspect, to really unfurl.

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  10/21/2021 - Screwcaps Likes this wine: 92 Points

  16 Blue Poles Merlot
  Note based on Day three look.
  
  Elegant, low oak style. Not as good as the cab franc a few weeks back, lighter bodied too. Good to very good.

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  6/29/2020 - CountWalter Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Beautiful nose of dark fruits, oak is there, but handled well and adds to the enjoyment. Could have been a Margaret River cabernet to me. Mouthfeel full and round at the front end with lovely soft tannins to follow.
  Yum.

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  11/9/2019 - LindsayM Likes this wine: 93 Points

  50% new French oak , 18 months in barrel before bottling screw cap 13.8%
  
  Colour med density, dark red black colour with purple hues crimson edges 15/15
  Nose med intensity Lifted aromatics of red to blackcurrant and mulberry infused with dried herbs, cedar oak spices tobacco excellent balance 28/30
  Palate med to full bodied firm tannins and acidity dominate the black fruits , vanilla oak , tobacco long dry finish with fine grain tannins elegant building complexity 41/44
  Overall all the elements are present for a long life , just needs time 9/11
  Better on Day 2

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