We don’t often drink merlots, so this was a treat. Aroma of spice and perhaps anise and new leather; the taste is peppery but smooth with deep, dark fruit. Low in tannins. I served it with roasted pork loin au jus, roasted carrots with parmesan, and a garlicy quinoa/lentil/vegetable blend. It seemed to fit the meal well.
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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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The wine looks Rosy colored. The legs are Fast. It smells like Petrol, and Ethanol. It tastes like and Strawberry. The body is Medium. The wine has Angular texture. The wine finishes Short. Not so great but not terrible. Sort of alcohol on the nose and angular on the palate.
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5/19/2018 - gkarlsson Likes this wine: 84 Points
We don’t often drink merlots, so this was a treat. Aroma of spice and perhaps anise and new leather; the taste is peppery but smooth with deep, dark fruit. Low in tannins. I served it with roasted pork loin au jus, roasted carrots with parmesan, and a garlicy quinoa/lentil/vegetable blend. It seemed to fit the meal well.
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1/9/2016 - Tmanis wrote: 69 Points
Undrinkable
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5/23/2014 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 85 Points
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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4/18/2014 - TODDandBAHT Likes this wine:
Delicious. Full bodied.
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11/18/2013 - willpluc Likes this wine: 82 Points
The wine looks Rosy colored. The legs are Fast. It smells like Petrol, and Ethanol. It tastes like and Strawberry. The body is Medium. The wine has Angular texture. The wine finishes Short. Not so great but not terrible. Sort of alcohol on the nose and angular on the palate.
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