Red

181 Merlot

Lodi · Central Valley · United States

Fact sheet

roast beef · lamb · grilled dishes · mushroom risotto · cheddar cheese · pasta with red sauce

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201490 pts

Attractive roasted, smoky aromas join ripe plum and blackberry flavors in this full-bodied, broadly textured wine. It's a great value and packs plenty of fruitiness into a rather big, moderately tannic frame.
201387 pts

Aromas like cedar and heavily toasted bread meet very ripe black cherry and plum flavors, for a full-bodied wine that's not shy about the oak influence. While the wine is big, the texture is rather soft and smooth.
201287 pts

Not too big, and very tasty, this wine offers a baking-spice aroma leading to almost-sweet red cherry flavors, followed by oaky shadings of vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon that circle back around. It's well balanced by firm tannins and ample acidity that back up the ripe fruit c…