2013 Gordon Estate Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.4 points

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  10/22/2020 - Odedis.Wine.reviews wrote: 87 Points

  Pretty color of dark ruby with medium plus intensity and a wide brick rim.
  
  Great nose of blueberries, cherries, licorice, light wood, earth, wet leaves, peppercorn, bitter herbs, spices, vegetables, black tea and violets.
  
  Medium bodied with medium plus acidity. Soft and smooth.
  
  Dry on the palate with tart cranberries, cherries, raspberries, light wood, earth, wet leaves, bitter vegetables, Mediterranean spices, herbs and light chocolates.
  
  Short finish with no tannins and tangy cranberries.
  
  This is an interesting Merlot from Washington State.
  
  This 7 year old is past its peak, but it's still drinkable. Really nice nose, though, that I kept smelling on. Nose is better than the palate.
  
  Feels like an Italian wine, to put it in prospective. Not what I expected from a Washington Merlot.
  
  A good pizza wine, actually. I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses, which was phenomenal.
  
  Aged in French and American oak barrels.
  
  13.7% alcohol by volume.
  
  87 Points.
  
  $20.

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  3/11/2018 - jontang Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Finish was really short

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  11/12/2016 - PIntag wrote: 86 Points

  Lots of oak, lots of ripe fruit. Decent but unremarkable. I enjoyed the 2013 Clos du Val (consumed at the same time) much more.

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