2003 Wölffer Estate Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88 points

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  3/3/2012 - bordeaux4wino Likes this wine: 86 Points

  I have been working through some of these LI wines I've had for a while because they really need to be drunk. This was was after significant decanting at about 68 degrees.
  In Appearance, this wine was clear and still had medium+ garnet color that faded a little toward brick at the rim.
  The Nose was clean and developed with medium intensity of aromas of cedar, dried leaves, scorched earth, a little tar, and some tobacco. The tertiary aromas are really coming through. The fruit is there--red fruit, mostly raspberry and a little cranberry--but it is much more subdued.
  The Palate here was dry, medium in body and alcohol, it still has very good medium+ acidity and tannin. The flavor profile is medium with notes of red fruit again, like cranberry and raspberry, along with a floral note and some smoky, sweet spice and notes of dried leaves and tobacco.
  Overall, a very good wine that has held up well to this, but is definitely drinking now! It may even be slightly past peak, as the fruit is certainly fading.

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  12/17/2009 - dwoody wrote: 90 Points

  Nice mature merlot flavors. Aromatically compelling. Dark cherries and long finish. Well done.

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  10/23/2009 - philhamelin wrote:

  Vin rouge produit à Long Island, près de New York, dans un petit vignoble d'une grande beauté... Une couleur jouant entre le grenat et l'acajou, un bouquet, de fruits rouges surtout, qui évoque Saint-Émilion, avec une nuance de mine de crayon (le bois), une bouche souple, plus que moyennement corsée - on se réjouit que Long Island puisse produire des vins de cette qualité. Très bon.

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  7/16/2006 - bordeaux4wino wrote:

  Wolffer does some great stuff, and this Merlot should have a right-bank Bordeaux feel to it, but it is of age now and needs to be enjoyed in the next few years.

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