Red

Casa La Joya Reserve Merlot

Bisquertt Family Vineyards 'La Joya' Reserve Merlot · Chile

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grilled red meats · pasta with tomato-based sauces · medium cheeses

200788 pts

Bisquertt usually does well with its value-priced Merlots, and seeing that 2007 was an excellent vintage in Chile, this wine excels in the value price range. The nose is dark and saturated, but pure and inviting. And the palate is ripe and smooth, with spice, plum, blackberry an…
200688 pts

There's very little difference between this Merlot and La Joya's so-called Gran Reserve. Both are entirely solid, ripe, a touch bretty and friendly as can be. This wine has more plumpness and less structure than its big brother, but it's nice if you like soft, round, chewy berry…