Not your typical merlot. Very jammy and dark fruit forward. with almost a zin quality. Nice for $15, but I think this is as good as it's gonna get. Got a few other vintages we will compare this to down the road
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These bottles were a little less remarkable, but it could be context, and not enough aeration! Very good wine, espeically for what I paid ($14 half price)
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Nose - Supple black cherry, with some subtle dark smoky undertones
Taste - I was initially enthused with this wine, showing a nice interplay of blackfruit, toast, reduced herbs and redfruit. After an hour of being opened though, it's falling apart....with blackfruit, acid, and oak spice all-a-jumble. This may not be a representative bottle, I'll reserve judgement until another can be opened.
smooth, quality fruity merlot, with structure and soft tannins, as ood California Merlots were like before the mass market and Central Valley ruined them. Wish I hadn't let a lot of the randoms drink it at my friend's do, but she and a couple of other friends discovred what really rather pleasant accessible but quality California wine can taste like.
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12/12/2013 - shereen wrote: 86 Points
Not your typical merlot. Very jammy and dark fruit forward. with almost a zin quality. Nice for $15, but I think this is as good as it's gonna get. Got a few other vintages we will compare this to down the road
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10/22/2012 - richardhod Likes this wine: 88 Points
These bottles were a little less remarkable, but it could be context, and not enough aeration! Very good wine, espeically for what I paid ($14 half price)
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9/5/2012 - RSLyss wrote:
Nose - Supple black cherry, with some subtle dark smoky undertones
Taste - I was initially enthused with this wine, showing a nice interplay of blackfruit, toast, reduced herbs and redfruit. After an hour of being opened though, it's falling apart....with blackfruit, acid, and oak spice all-a-jumble. This may not be a representative bottle, I'll reserve judgement until another can be opened.
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3/27/2012 - richardhod Likes this wine: 90 Points
smooth, quality fruity merlot, with structure and soft tannins, as ood California Merlots were like before the mass market and Central Valley ruined them. Wish I hadn't let a lot of the randoms drink it at my friend's do, but she and a couple of other friends discovred what really rather pleasant accessible but quality California wine can taste like.
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1/8/2012 - JonGray wrote:
nice big and smooth w/little acidity
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