Three Rivers Merlot (Columbia Valley (WA))

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Merlot

País

United States

Região

Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley

Denominação

Columbia Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201388 pts

  The aromas offer light notes of vanilla, plum and clove. The palate is full and generously flavored, with the tannins bringing some grit.

• 201288 pts

  Cocoa, herb, raspberry, vanilla and spice aromas are out front on this wine. The blue and red fruit and barrel flavors are creamy in feel and carry through the finish.

• 201188 pts

  At first this muscular wine feels tight, even stiff, with crisply defined plum and cassis fruit. The only knock on it is the drying tannins, which leave a chalky aftertaste. Pair with a juicy cut of pork or salmon.

• 200991 pts

  Another outstanding value from Three Rivers, this powerfully-built wine mixes ripe berry and plum fruit with polished, astringent tannins. It opens well, but really hits its stride on the back palate, with the balance and concentration to age. That said, it's drinking awfully we…

• 200589 pts

  Merlot gives this wine a broad and flavorful midpalate of mixed berry and currant and cherry fruit; it's got plenty of acid below and tannin behind, and it lays out beautifully across the palate. The finishing tannins are lightly earthy, lightly chocolaty, and suggest pencil sha…