Red

Windacre Estate Merlot

Russian River Valley · Sonoma · United States

Fact sheet

roasted meats · pasta with red sauce · aged cheeses

201288 pts

Offering layers of juicy black currant, this is a soft, malleable wine, subtle in oak and tannin, blended with 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. A touch of cedar and herb provides additional character, while the finish lands softly.
201187 pts

Spicy in cinnamon and sultry tropical coconut, this wine offers a freshness of red fruit, true and varietal, with soft, lean layers of body and weight.
201089 pts

After years of underperforming with Merlot, Merriam comes roaring back with this rich, savory wine. With blackberry, raisin, blueberry, licorice and pepper flavors. This finishes dry and spicy.
200686 pts

A bruiser of a Merlot, dry and muscular, with green olive, blackberry, sage and smoky cedar flavors, wrapped into bigtime tannins. Even at the age of nearly 5 it's still brooding and hard. Not an ager, but there's something fine and polished about it now.
200384 pts

This bottling from Merriam has been all over the board over the years. It seems to do better in a warmer vintage. The 2003 vintage was not a great one in the North Coast, and this wine, while showing some polished flavors, is a bit lean. The cherry and currant flavors have been…