2015 Hānaiali'I Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  7/4/2018 - Oolivia123 Likes this wine:

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  2/13/2017 - mmoritz wrote: 88 Points

  Dark red, with some purple showing on the edges. Dark fruit and vanilla, on the nose. Flavors of black cherry, plum, vanilla and a hint of cocoa.. A fair amount of heat dominates and young tannins turn slightly astringent on the back end. Coming in at 15.1% ABV, that certainly explains the heat and the plum flavors. At $15 per bottle (wine.woot.com) this gets a solid B.
  
  We opened and poured right away with dinner. It improved with time in the glass, after about 2-3 hours some of the alcohol blew off and it started to show some complexity, but never completely shed its awkward parts.

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