2003 Silverado Vineyards Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  2/13/2016 - mflesh wrote:

  This one was DONE tonight. Still a rather soft entry, but the gym sock, rancid capicola and wet dog just kind of took over the entire experience and made it a "not so awesome" experience. I don't think that this wine was corked. It just seemed tired and out of its element. Hopefully the other bottles will show a little more youth!

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  11/25/2014 - Dmiller3 wrote: 89 Points

  Excellent - maintains a nice oaky nose

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  12/31/2011 - scottmlew wrote: 85 Points

  Interesting wine. Good that we have popped this bottle as it is going to be past it's prime soon. Good nose upon opening up. Dark fruit and subtle smoke with the fruit being muted and blended. Decent finish with lingering tannins. Went well with seared sausage with a blistered cherry tomato Merlot sauce.

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  4/9/2011 - z_willus_d wrote: 80 Points

  Tasted blind at a poker party. Decanted 6-hours. I seem to recall trying this years ago on release at the winery and thinking it was a decent wine. The years have not been kind, in my estimation, to this bottle. On nose and palate, this wine brought little more than generic, indistinct fruit (maybe blackberry liquor), artificial vanilla, and bitter oak. I was fatigued from sip one on this one. Midpalate was weak and the finish short. I was even drawing comparisons to generic ~$10 Ausi shiraz, but ended up guessing CA Syrah. The merlot on unveil made sense, given the fruit progression front to finish and the notable tannins that clamped down on the finish. This was not a wine that I'd want to drink more than a few sips, mainly owning to the lack of balance with the oak and generic fruit quality.

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  11/26/2010 - hoppercycles Likes this wine: 88 Points

  better than the '05 tasted the same night. very nice drink now. blackberry and aged black cherry flavor. deep tannins. very dark purple color

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