Red
Januik Merlot
Puget Sound · Columbia Valley · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Merlot
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Puget Sound · Columbia Valley
- Appellation
- Columbia Valley
- Alcohol
- 14.4%
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
Red meat · Lamb · Aged cheeses · Mushrooms
Rated vintages
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
This wine's plum, vanilla, milk chocolate and blue fruit aromas are followed by a palate saturated with supersmooth fruit and barrel flavors. The variety isn't immediately apparent, but it's delicious all the same.
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2013
Cocoa, plum and spice aromas are followed by lush blue-fruit flavors. Vanilla notes are speckled throughout.
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2012
With grapes coming from Weinbau, Klipsun and Ciel du Cheval vineyards, among others, this wine offers brooding aromas of dark raspberries and bittersweet chocolate. The oak (half new French) provides a perfect complement, with flavors of coffee and spice mixing with dark fruit.…
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2011
Rock solid, this substantial Merlot is grounded in earth flavors, laced with butter cookie, and finished with tart tannins. The fruit is tight and tangy.