2010 Newton Merlot Unfiltered
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 - I love to continue to add to these tasting notes because it is nostalgiac reviewing and revisiting one of my favorite wines of all time.
Darker purple in the middle, with some burnt red/garnet edges. The darkness is starting to fade a bit and more red is starting to show through.
Nose: wet cement, wet stone, old dried tobacco, cedar, bit of graphite, well treated old leather. Bit of a mint leaf blackberry sorbet deal going on here at the end, like when you go to a fancy restaurant and order dessert.
This is all to say that although the secondary and tertiary elements play a bigger role in this wine than they once did, the fruit is not entirely faded and I actually like exactly where it is at. Just a slight berry reminder.
Mouthfeel is kind of light but heavy in its consistency as your can really taste the unfiltered aspect of the winemaking. Very little tannin left but the finish lingers for a while and is still plenty dry, like a grape optimo, with a bit of a smoky bitter finish to balance everything out very nicely. Dark chocolate cocoa syrup hangs around in the finish to bring all the elements together.
It’s not a super complex wine but it is not a boring or “empty” merlot and I appreciate something different with each new bottle.
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