2018 Trefethen Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  3/6/2024 - OldNav2 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Wonderful - unexpectedly robust for a merlot

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  2/15/2024 - WyattTheSomm Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Sight: Medium staining, medium ruby color
  
  Nose: Concentrated Warm dark cherries (like the delicious syrupy kind you get in an old fashioned), chocolate covered ripe black plum, cola, and big hit of spicy goodness. Good oak management as usual with a hint of vanilla.
  
  Palate: Soft Merlot texture with very fine chocolatey oak tannins. Ripe, plump, dark red fruits indicative of the vintage with a big hit of black pepper spices. Great mouthwatering acidity supports the ripeness. The finish firms up with time and becomes longer with a nice mineral freshness. Slighty unflattering bitterness did appear with air that I sense is from the oak possibly? (It’s slight doesn’t ruin the wine I just noticed it the next day)
  
  Overall: 2018 honestly isn’t my favorite for the Trefethen Merlot, I’m kind of surprised because the vintage was excellent and the Cab is fantastic. The concentration and tannin quality is great here but I still think the 2019 is my favorite atm. I don’t know what they did in the 2019 vintage but the Merlot just sang… like Sauvignon Blanc in NZ if that makes sense. Also, in the 18’ the slight bitterness on day two was unpleasant but should clear up with some more age I assume.

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  2/13/2024 - bpellican Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Still young.

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  10/21/2022 - Jwmumm Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Such an amazing Merlot! One of the best produced out of Napa

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  8/20/2022 - chanote44 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow! This merlot opens with blackberry and currant and has a full bodied, savory mouthfeel. A bit heavy on the oak (Trefethen style) but that blows off with some decanting. The tannins are chewy and firm and there is plenty of acidity to make me think this wine will cellar well through 2030. What a great example of Napa Merlot.

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