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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2020 (based on 12 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.6 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MaxandBoo on 2/16/2018 & rated 90 points: Paula says , Drink now, chocolate , vanilla, cherry, coffee beans and leather. Fruit forward. (907 views) | | | Tasted by catanzaroda on 1/18/2018 & rated 88 points: Immediately after opening, it tasted bitter and spoiled, but let it open up for about an hour or more, and it got much better. (884 views) | | | Tasted by timdrex on 6/5/2017 & rated 90 points: Fairly big tannins, slightly muted fruit. Decent overall, but overpriced for the quality. (980 views) |
| Delectus 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino County |
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