2000 L'Ecole No. 41 Merlot Columbia Valley

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 89.9 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View gharter's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/6/2023 - gharter wrote:

  Not rated, the bottle was over the hill and dead. If you have any, drink up.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Tartiflette's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/17/2012 - Tartiflette wrote: 92 Points

  Beautiful wine even though this style is not my favorite. Dark color and powerful fruity smell. Plums, black berries, acetone. Nail polish remover my wife said, spices in a variety. This type of wine is in a league that I normally don't favor. But this one had a lot of backbone, even though it was in the fruity section. Needs some good beef to go with it.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View dleaf's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/4/2011 - dleaf wrote: 89 Points

  Not much has faded, still surprisingly good.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View dmaharaj's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/4/2010 - dmaharaj wrote: 91 Points

  Color: dark red with some edges of purple
  Nose: even balance of dark and blue fruit, maybe plums, blueberries and earthy barnyard. To me, it was a perfect balance of smells, no fruit bomb and not pure barnyard stink either
  Flavor: full mouth feel, silky smooth tannins and all the fruit and earth that the nose led with. Medium long finish, that just made me close my eyes to experience it all

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View *Vine*'s profile
  • Report Issue

  8/23/2009 - *Vine* wrote: 92 Points

  Popped and poured. Medium-plus garnet with, slight bricking on the rim. Pronounced aromas of plum, burning embers, brown sugar, framed by a touch of funk from brett. Medium body, tannins have smoothed over for the most part. Vibrant and lively palate, this wine has a great core of plum, dried red fruits (cranberry even), an earthy mineral back and a note of fresh cedar that is truly distinctive and quite compelling. Moderate-plus finish, as noted the tannins have mostly integrated.
  Frankly, this exceeded expectations and with regards to the aging potential of Washington Merlot provided an eye-opening experience.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 8 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.