Red
Hyatt Merlot (Rattlesnake Hills)
Rattlesnake Hills · Columbia Valley · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Merlot
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Rattlesnake Hills · Columbia Valley
- Appellation
- Rattlesnake Hills
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carnes vermelhas · massa com molho de tomate · queijos curados
Rated vintages
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201185 pts
Hailing from the cool 2011 vintage, it's light in style with notes of red currant, herbs and olive with little apparent oak influence. A straight-forward easy quaffer.
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200990 pts
Smooth and instantly appealing, this estate-grown Merlot has a broad, chocolaty palate that's loaded with cherry fruit. There are peppery, herbal highlights, and plenty of lingering, polished tannins.
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200586 pts
Simple but meaty, this 100% Merlot has substantial weight in the midpalate. There are plenty of powerful herbal flavors, yet the grapes seem ripe enough, offering prune and cassis and a little pepper from aging in American oak.