Northstar Merlot (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Merlot

País

United States

Região

Walla Walla Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley

Denominação

Walla Walla Valley (WA)

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201092 pts

  This wine is still in its shell, with notes of dark raspberries, cocoa and barrel spices. It's lusciously rich, dense and layered with firm tannins that need time in the cellar to soften. Just a baby now, it will be best from 2017 on.

• 200991 pts

  Production of this Merlot was further dampened in 2009 by an early freeze. But the quality is as good as ever, which is apparent in the pretty core of strawberry, raspberry and red plum flavors. Aging in 55% new French oak gives the fruit a Bourbon-soaked appeal as it rolls onto…

• 200794 pts

  Fruit sources for this limited-production Walla Walla bottling of Northstar Merlot include Leonetti's Loess vineyard, and Windrow and Anna Marie in the Seven Hills. Thick, lush and richly evocative, it shows Napa-like density. Chocolatey black fruits and baking spices add to the…

• 200694 pts

  Certainly one of the finest Merlots ever made by Northstar, this is notable for the floral and citrus high notes, over cherry and cassis. There's coconut, chocolate and coffee, tar and tobacco also—a full throttle, seductive wine.