Dry Creek Vineyard The Mariner Meritage (Dry Creek Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Other

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc

País

United States

Região

Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Dry Creek Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201390 pts

  This wine consists of all five red Bordeaux varieties, with 54% Cabernet Sauvignon making up the majority. A juicy front palate of cassis and blueberry leads to leathery, dusty tannins and notes of graphite, cedar and tea.

• 201292 pts

  Cabernet Sauvignon makes up the majority of this Meritage, with 25% Merlot, 8% Malbec, 8% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. The blending succeeds in offering a mix of chalky tannins and juicy cassis, with the wine structured and fairly elegant in style. Pencil lead and licoric…

• 201188 pts

  A red Meritage blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and 4% Malbec, the name honors Dry Creek Vineyard's love of seafaring. With a nod to the Old World, it's lean and savory in black tea and exotic herb. Juicy, brambly berry come to the…

• 201090 pts

  This is a lovely wine, based on Cabernet Sauvignon, but comprised of all five classic Bordeaux varieties. It's smooth in tannins and soft in acidity, with luxurious black cherry, blueberry, cassis, plum and new oak flavors. Drink now–2018.

• 200991 pts

  What's so appealing about this wine is the precise control it exhibits. That's partly the winemaker's touch, but it's also the terroir of Dry Creek Valley, which gives the wine crisp acids and less overt fruit than neighboring Napa Valley. It's savory, with flavors of blackberri…

• 200787 pts

  Delicious, if a little soft and sweet, with melted jam flavors of raspberries and cherries. Oak adds more sweetness in the form of caramel. Not quite up there with previous bottlings of this wine, but a pretty one to drink tonight.

• 200587 pts

  There may be a good wine here, but this Bordeaux blend is still very hard in tannins and acids, giving it a tough, unyielding mouthfeel. Yet there are deep flavors of currants, cassis and mocha. Could develop over the long haul. Try after 2011.