Still showing young, a pronounced acidity without the typical bitter touches that I associate with Merlot, perfectly balanced, great structure and a lot of matter, mint, a fantastic wine!!!
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Decanted for one hour. The nose had purple fruit, black fruit, caramel, and vanilla. The wine was made in a big, modern and punchy style. It did not taste like an old world merlot at all. Palate had good depth and intensity with extracted fruit. This is still very young with a long life ahead. The wine probably needed more time to reveal itself. Give it at least 4-5 more years if you only have one bottle.
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Much Maligned Merlot: Ruby red. Aroma: powerful bouquet; classical note of Merlot, perfumed. I can just sit and smell this wine for a long time. A bit of mocha. Taste: This is my type of wine. Stewed plumb, black fruits. It finish with a vegetable green pepper notes. Overall impression: powerful, great structure, firm tannins. Mostly primary aromatics due to age. Not highly layered, but what it offers is very pleasant to drink. Very concentrated. The wine screams for food.
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2/10/2019 - Kris G Likes this wine: 95 Points
Still showing young, a pronounced acidity without the typical bitter touches that I associate with Merlot, perfectly balanced, great structure and a lot of matter, mint, a fantastic wine!!!
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1/20/2016 - Burgnick wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for one hour. The nose had purple fruit, black fruit, caramel, and vanilla. The wine was made in a big, modern and punchy style. It did not taste like an old world merlot at all. Palate had good depth and intensity with extracted fruit. This is still very young with a long life ahead. The wine probably needed more time to reveal itself. Give it at least 4-5 more years if you only have one bottle.
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9/24/2015 - kstoddard wrote: flawed
Tragically corked
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3/7/2008 - djdaqm wrote: 96 Points
Much Maligned Merlot: Ruby red. Aroma: powerful bouquet; classical note of Merlot, perfumed. I can just sit and smell this wine for a long time. A bit of mocha. Taste: This is my type of wine. Stewed plumb, black fruits. It finish with a vegetable green pepper notes. Overall impression: powerful, great structure, firm tannins. Mostly primary aromatics due to age. Not highly layered, but what it offers is very pleasant to drink. Very concentrated. The wine screams for food.
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