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9.1

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Deep purple in color with a short reddish rim.

Fruity nose of black currants, black plums, light cedar, black tea, tobacco leaf, spices and light chocolate notes.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black plums, cooked cherries, currants, oak, light licorice, spices, dark chocolates, bitter herbs and peppercorn.

Tangy finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This Merlot from Napa Valley is still very young, but already enjoyable, even by itself. Rich and fruit forward. Nicely balanced and tangy. Showing nice complexity already, tangy and interesting.

Will continue to age nicely in the next 7 to 10 years, and has good potential to become a 93+ point wine.

Wine Spectator 92 points.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.

A blend of 78% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec and 1% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 15 months in (40% new) French Oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$45. — 5 days ago

Stephen Fitzpatrick

8.9

2024 vintage. Crisp and balanced. Minerals, oak, and citrus on the nose, vibrant flavors of pear, apple, and apricots with an evenly balanced Napa Chardonnay oaky finish. Decent Chardonnay, one I would enjoy again. — a month ago

Boris Mathiszik

9.0

Really good blend. Took me only two decades to try this Duckhorn offshoot. Plush and mellow tannins. — 2 months ago

KA

9.3

The Grill on the Alley BH — 4 months ago

P Pelissero

9.1

Very nice, smooth Pinot Noir. We drank at home. — 6 months ago

Turd Ferguson

9.3

Bigger style Pinot. Robust. Mildly stewed fruit and chocolatey but kept just in check. Hardly identifiable as AV Pinot Noir but very pretty nonetheless. Pair with charcoal grilled lamb chops and yayo. — 8 months ago

Dimes

9.2

From nice :) — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Delicious. Delicate lime, limestone, steeliness and a hint of salinity. Very fine and detailed with lovely acidity. Gorgeous — 20 days ago

with Matt and Bex

Andrea Watt

9.2

Cherry, oak, and a hint of cinnamon. Medium bodied and approachable. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.4

Revisiting this on the day we create our first family business, tasting wine from our honeymoon. Couldn’t tell that this wine is 7 years old, with a heavily perfumed nose of artificial carpet, blood orange, and velvet, with hints of pepper and lush dark red fruits to the edges. Color gives away no age either, with a deep rose color and medium body. The tannins remain largely intact on the palate, still grabbing the tip of the tongue, but there’s just a hint of age showing at the periphery, with some butterscotch and caramel notes starting to show integrated well with the loooong blackberry and black plum compote dominating the primary palate, with greater pepper, vanilla, a little coca and earthy notes incorporated within. This ages well, no question. — 2 months ago

Cathi Swanson

8.9

Balanced, not too sweet. A softer cab. — 3 months ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.1

Deep purple color. Aromas of blackberry, black cherry and toasted oak. Tobacco on the palate, black cherry flavors and cocoa.

🏅90 Points - Wine Enthusiast — 5 months ago

Chantelle M

8.9

Well balanced, robust but not overwhelming , not too sweet. — 8 months ago

Paige Donnell

9.5

Are with beef, great flavor - rich and delightful — a year ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Dark Ruby red color with aromas of ripe berry fruits, herbs and earthy spice. On the palate flavors of black cherry, raspberry and black currant with espresso, cacao, cedar and earthy spice notes. Good balance, lively acidity, fine tannins long ending with fruit and toasty tobacco spice! Nice! — a month ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Dark ruby with aromas of dark red stewed fruits, blackberries, baking spices, and red currants. On the bud, it’s smooth and delicious with more stewed fruits and spices. Excellent with our aged ribeye and baked potato. — a month ago

Shay A

9.5

94-95

A grower champagne I always enjoy, but I’ve not had their special club offering with this much age before. I’ve been missing out! A stunner!

54% Cramant, 31% Chouilly (both Grand Crus), with 15% Cuis (Premier Cru); all old vines. Disgorged July 2012; 6g/l dosage

This may be an example of hitting lightening in a bottle, but this caught me (and others I was with) totally off-guard at how youthful it was…and more importantly, how unbelievably good it was. Channeling an oxidative flair at this point in its evolution, this scratched the itch for creamy, powerful, golden champagne. Autolysis on full display (in the best way) with lemon scone, honey roasted cashews, spiced pears aromatically. Honeyed graham crackers, lemon cream, Biscotti cookie, kiss of ginger and plenty of chalky limestone grit toward the finish (but the sweet autolysis lengthens it out beautifully). For me, this tasted like this was the exact right day to catch this wine at peak.

I wish I had a case of these. — 2 months ago

Kath Rt

9.5

love it… easy to drink,…not too strong, but its not like “juice” if you know what I mean…I really like it… — 4 months ago

Tommy

8.9

Plumb and allspice. What a good finish! — 7 months ago

Des Adams

9.3

Beaver lake beer wine and spirits $5 cooking wine sale. Can't remember if we aerated it — 10 months ago