The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like flint, rose and red currant. It tastes like red currant. The body is medium/full. The wine has satin-like texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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Excellent bottle of merlot. The color is a deep dark purple with a hint of color change to brown at the edges (very subtle). The nose is a powerful bouquet of fruit that is dark but not overripe. The palate is perfectly balanced at this point. There is hardly a hint of tannin. We opened this about 30min before lunch and had some about 8hrs later and it had died. If you have it I believe now is the time to drink it. It is not likely to benefit from further time in the bottle, althought it should be fine for a couple of years. no need to decant this in my opinion. Enjoy
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Very disappointed. Decent tannin structure after 1.5 hour decant, but didn't get any opulence or big fruit (per most of the reviews). Definitely drinkable, but I'm glad I only purchased 1 bottle at 50 something bones. Just purchased about a month ago - maybe purchasing older wines like this leaves me open to some risk of mishandling?
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12/24/2019 - Pj kure Likes this wine: 92 Points
For a merlot this wine is excellent. Better than many cabs. Especially if you don’t want a heavier red.
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12/22/2019 - jerrysvino Likes this wine: 93 Points
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like flint, rose and red currant. It tastes like red currant. The body is medium/full. The wine has satin-like texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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5/11/2019 - ragtop Likes this wine: 95 Points
Excellent bottle of merlot. The color is a deep dark purple with a hint of color change to brown at the edges (very subtle). The nose is a powerful bouquet of fruit that is dark but not overripe. The palate is perfectly balanced at this point. There is hardly a hint of tannin. We opened this about 30min before lunch and had some about 8hrs later and it had died. If you have it I believe now is the time to drink it. It is not likely to benefit from further time in the bottle, althought it should be fine for a couple of years. no need to decant this in my opinion. Enjoy
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3/5/2017 - swade wrote: 91 Points
Deep purple. Supple entry. Plums. Bramble. This is in it's window. I like merlot. Better than the average bear. 91
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11/5/2016 - Intellectual Sasquatch Does not like this wine: 89 Points
Very disappointed. Decent tannin structure after 1.5 hour decant, but didn't get any opulence or big fruit (per most of the reviews). Definitely drinkable, but I'm glad I only purchased 1 bottle at 50 something bones. Just purchased about a month ago - maybe purchasing older wines like this leaves me open to some risk of mishandling?
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