2011 Ravines Wine Cellars Meritage

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  11/7/2021 - wgilbert3 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This bottle has evolved and may continue to improve. Wonderful big nose of mushroom, forest, a bit of leather and a bit of red fruit: fantastic! On the palate, plum and dark fruit, mushroom with very tame tannins underneath. Not supposed to be a great vintage but hard to tell from this bottle!

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  4/5/2021 - billgeorge767 wrote: 89 Points

  Still drinking well. Rich black fruit combined with hints of leather and tobacco. Tannins fading but still present.

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  10/2/2020 - ericindc Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This is still quite good. Classic Bordeaux on the nose with red and black fruits on the nose, some cedar and a hint of green. Even after a few hours in the decanter this was still quite good. Great fruit, moderate drying tannins giving structure, and solid acidity, medium body. Very tasty, still mostly just primary fruit, I only got a little bit of tertiary notes of earth, leather, etc as well as some green from the cab franc. The only thing lacking was a slight hollowness on the midpalate. Overall a very nice wine and great at my original purchase price of $22 at Ravines several years back. This can hold for a few more years. I am unsure if it will make it to 2030.

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  1/21/2019 - Rockjunky007 wrote:

  Nice complexity, well balanced with notes of dark fruit.

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  5/20/2017 - FredF Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Nice complexity. The Cab France has mellowed nicely and the flavors are all well integrated. Lots of red fruit on the nose and in the mouth. Tannins are softened.

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