Red
Deux Chevaux Vineyard Merlot
Yountville · Napa · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Merlot
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Yountville · Napa
- Appellation
- Yountville
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roasted meats · lamb · aged cheeses
Rated vintages
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201489 pts
This 100% varietal wine is brawny and blustery in style: big boned with a lot of heat. Sturdy tannins surround extracted black fruit and shards of cinnamon, with fresh tobacco taking root on the finish.
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201291 pts
Black pepper and thick smoke accentuate the bouquet of this cinnamon-spiced wine, rounded out in taste by red plum and dark chocolate. Soft and juicy on the front palate, it will benefit with time to open further, suggesting either a decant or time in cellar, through 2020. The w…