Community Tasting Note

Mike Kopanski wrote:

Friday, May 23, 2014 - I'm going to a believer, and try to explain why I think this is a fairly decent Merlot. It is not fruit forward and actually a little tight. The color is almost textbook Merlot dark Magenta. The nose is very precise and expressive for an under $10 wine. We get charcoal influenced dark cherry with lanolin and flint that also is almost textbook. Medium plus bodied. Fairly weak mid palate. The fruit has a spearmint, spicy, red licorice entry to black cherry, cola, graphite and tar. There is more than a trace of vegetative green garden flavor. We decanted, but drank immediately. The flavors change by the minute as we drink down the glass. The oak on the nose does not have the same intensity on the palate. The finish is long and serious, though some may not like the metallic taste.

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