1980 Rutherford Hill Merlot Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 87 points

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  4/11/2015 - Number51 wrote: 88 Points

  Needless to say, this Napa merlot is mature and tastes aged, but it isn’t over the hill although I wouldn’t age it any further.
  Cooked cherries, cedar, sweet balsamic vinegar, and rusty nails emerge from the glass. With aeration, rusty nail component becomes more pronounced, perhaps a bit too much.
  If you’d like to experience an old wine without getting a loan, this may be worth a try. You'd need a special corkscrew to pull out the cork in one piece. It was $20 at K&L.

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  2/15/2014 - matthewjhale Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Opened on Amber's birthday with Leslie and Steve. Nice red color with copper edges. Black pepper, tobacco and fresh mushroom. Transitioning to strawberries and cherries after breathing. Has a bit of sediment. Light and clean, tart and acidic. A bit awkward but holding up well with age.

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