1997 Merryvale Profile

Community Tasting Notes (124) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  2/12/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: 97 Points

  Ok, I am officially convinced. SOME California wines age incredibly well. No wonder 1997 was THE year. This chains Bordeaux to California with a ++ component, called rich, living fruit. Whiffs of tobacco bring you into the glass and then, the taste profile transports you away in melted cold steel, tobacco, coffee grounds, and gobs of happy fruit dancing through and through on a platform of sturdy acidity wrapped in cashmere. I could see this as a 1989 Bordeaux. Drink with no hurry, but dont hesitate and deprive yourself and die with this wine in your cellar.

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  4/21/2023 - soyhead wrote:

  tasted blind, sexy and much fruit. round and voluptuous

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  2/19/2023 - boillatm wrote: 90 Points

  Bought a couple of bottles at an auction. Served PnP. The cork disintegrated upon opening although it wasn't soaked.
  Youthful appearance, almost no nose. On the palate bold and rather monolithic. I wished we'd have had this with a steak rather than with cold cuts.
  All in all a pleasant, if not very complex wine
  
  [Edit: this note concerns the Gold label bottling. I wasn't aware that there was a difference with the regular one.]

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  1/28/2022 - sachsen wrote: flawed

  Last bottle. Sadly somewhat marred with brett.

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  5/19/2021 - Purple Tooth wrote:

  This was the delight of the night. Totally Bordeaux and easy to mistake for a middle aged Saint Julien or even a classic St. Emilion from a classic vintage. The whiffs of barnyard and earth are astonishing and dance through the fore palate. Maybe a bit Pavie-ish.....Definitely has the sweetness that tells you, no, guess again. Its a beautiful California wine that is very well made and aged so gracefully with many years ahead. Long, sweet, caressing, sandy finish with the thickness that tells you, me no Bordeaux!
  All I can say is wow! I am blown away....This is preference in taste and expectations for wine comes in. You either Love this or you don't....I love it

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