Community Tasting Notes 7

• Kevincrouch Likes this wine:

  January 6, 2015 - The story of this wine is of silky texture and bright fruit showing how Merlot grown at the extremes can hold up so nicely over time. At six years past vintage I had thought this would be a bit more evolved, but to my delight it was in a perfect place. Shellfish and elegant candied cassis dominate the nose at first, yielding to more barrel notes as it matures. A hint of capsicum gives away the terroir, but this wine more than lived up to the expectations as a value.

  1 person found this helpful Comment

• circadumonde wrote: 88 points

  August 23, 2014 - Better over the course of 5 days

  Comment

• dgriffin3480 Likes this wine: 89 points

  September 4, 2013 - Decanted for 4 hours prior to drinking with meal. Pretty, lush nose and taste of ripe plums, dark cherries and red currants and tasty smooth cocoa and tannins on the finish. This was unusual merlot in that it was quite satisfying on the nose, initial taste and finish, but with no discernable midpalate.

  Comment

• jrockman wrote: 88 points

  August 3, 2013 - Left for a weekend getaway and neglected to bring a bottle; fortunate to find this at a local restaurant that sold some retail wines, much better choices than what was available at the local groceries. Pop and pour, drank over two nights; quite a dark maroon color in the glass, red fruit and a bit of spice on the nose, simialr in the mouth. Smooth, nice texture, medium finish; drinks nicely, but doesn't change much with time; didn't strike me as terribly complex. 4+12+15+7

  1 person found this helpful Comment

• blecuyer wrote: 88 points

  April 9, 2012 - very smooth easy drinking merlot with nice balance of fruit and tannins. tart plums and cinnamon in the body with a menthol nose and a quickly fleeting finish

  Comment

Pro Reviews 1

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Olsen Estates
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Yakima Valley
• UPC Code 891057002105

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
• In Cellars 31 (28%)
• Consumed 80 (72%)

Food Pairing

Who Likes This Wine

More About This Wine