Ripe red cherries, ripe cranberries, smoked meat, green bell pepper, and marshmallow on nose. Intensity of aromas is medium +. Palate adds some oak influences - tobacco and cedar - but also, much more interestingly, eucalyptus and black licorice. Rounded, yet complex, with a high intensity of flavors.
Medium + body with great acid. Tannins are declining. Finishes nice and long. Fully developed, drink now. Varietally correct for Merlot. Great pairing with a porterhouse.
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Bought for $4 in an auction -- holy QPR! Initially a touch oaky but after some swirling, it revealed notes of dark fruit and maybe some tobacco. Low tannins/acidity.
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Medium bodied, subdued black berry fruit, hint of leather and spice. Overshadowed by bigger, fuller, more forward Melka CJ 2001 tasted along-side at Mother's Day dinner.
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2/9/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 92 Points
Holding up beautifully aged 24!
Ripe red cherries, ripe cranberries, smoked meat, green bell pepper, and marshmallow on nose. Intensity of aromas is medium +. Palate adds some oak influences - tobacco and cedar - but also, much more interestingly, eucalyptus and black licorice. Rounded, yet complex, with a high intensity of flavors.
Medium + body with great acid. Tannins are declining. Finishes nice and long. Fully developed, drink now. Varietally correct for Merlot. Great pairing with a porterhouse.
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6/21/2010 - SUN-J wrote: 89 Points
Bought for $4 in an auction -- holy QPR! Initially a touch oaky but after some swirling, it revealed notes of dark fruit and maybe some tobacco. Low tannins/acidity.
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5/9/2010 - rmcnees wrote: 88 Points
Medium bodied, subdued black berry fruit, hint of leather and spice. Overshadowed by bigger, fuller, more forward Melka CJ 2001 tasted along-side at Mother's Day dinner.
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10/20/2008 - winegr wrote: 89 Points
Lost a bit of fruit since the last bottle. drink up. Still very solid, but less fruit and more oak.
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12/12/2007 - matthen wrote: 88 Points
Aromas of spice, dark fruits, and meat reveal softened tannins and pleasant flavors of blackberry, spice, currant and herb.
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11/3/2007 - winegr wrote: 90 Points
Quite a nice big merlot. I had this a while ago, so an going from memory, but it was a complex, big merlot with classic sonoma characteristics.
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