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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2014 (based on 5 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by kdregister on 4/23/2017 & rated 92 points: Delicious! Still has years left. Still big with some tannins. Buy more if available. (565 views) | | | Tasted by mkmast on 3/26/2016 & rated 91 points: As a person who is not typically a fan of merlot, I liked this quite a bit. More tannic than most merlots, it has more body and heft. It drank much more like a red blend. (686 views) | | | Tasted by ebrumby on 9/17/2010 & rated 91 points: A very nice wine: deep color and pleasant aroma. I found the wine smooth, my wife tasted a bit of a slight sourness in the aftertaste, but one that quickly vanished (sorta like it was there for part of the aftertaste). Definitely showed Oakville character. (1981 views) |
| Turnbull Producer websiteMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Oakville |
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