Keenan Reserve Mailbox Vineyard Merlot (Spring Mountain District)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Merlot

País

United States

Região

Spring Mountain District · Napa

Denominação

Spring Mountain District

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201387 pts

  Smooth and accented by dried herb, this wine is tart in currant and lush in chocolate, offering a wide spectrum of aroma and flavor. Medium bodied, it picks up power and concentration on the finish, allowing for a ripeness to strike last.

• 201291 pts

  A 100% varietal wine, this still has a puckering sense to the tannins, the power and weight of the wine generous and robust. Leather and banana figure into the bouquet, with the savory-laden flavors leaning toward black pepper and dark, ripe plum. This wine needs time; cellar th…

• 201090 pts

  Expensive, yes, but impressive for its deep, long flavors of cherries, blackberries and oak. It's coarsely tannic and bold in profile, but give it an hour or two in the decanter and enjoy with steak.

• 200989 pts

  Appealing for its sheer wealth of flavor, this is very rich and forward, with notes of jammy red cherries, red currants and mocha. It's a little soft and sweet, and it doesn't seem to have the structure for the long term. Drink now–2015.

• 200794 pts

  Just delicious, an important, elegant Merlot to drink with the finest steaks and chops. Even better than the fine 2006, with vast, deep flavors of blackberries, black cherries, cocoa, grilled meat and herbs, wrapped into rich, smooth tannins. Gets better and better as it warms i…

• 200593 pts

  This bottling has turned out to be one of California's more important Merlot releases. The '05, like its immediate predecessors, is a dry, richly tannic wine of great elegance and structural complexity. It pleases now for the wealth of black currants, anise, herbs, spices and sm…