Grgich Hills Estate Grown Merlot (Napa Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Merlot

País

United States

Região

Napa Valley · Napa

Denominação

Napa Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201290 pts

  Brawny and concentrated in black fruit, this wine includes 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and is touted as a Cab-lover's Merlot by the winery. It indeed is, with its juicy blackberry, cherry, espresso and clove notes, while remaining varietally correct in terms of its mellowed tannins.

• 201188 pts

  Billed as a Cabernet lover's Merlot, this wine offers robustness as well as a soft, angular quality that provides a certain level of elegance. Oak, green olive and sage mark its bouquet, followed by flavors of red currant and dried herb.

• 201087 pts

  From the southern end of the Napa Valley, where temperatures tend to be cool, this wine is surprisingly intense in tannin and a deep taste of coffee, rounded out by spicy red plum and strawberry. The acidity holds tight through the finish, making this a friendly food wine.

• 200887 pts

  Give this wine credit for dryness, crisp acidity and intensity. It's rich and strong in sour black cherry candy, cola, bitter dark chocolate and herb flavors. It's also very tannic, so much so that it's practically undrinkable now. Give it 4–5 years in the bottle, decant, and dr…