Windacre Estate Merlot

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Merlot

País

United States

Região

Russian River Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Russian River Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201288 pts

  Offering layers of juicy black currant, this is a soft, malleable wine, subtle in oak and tannin, blended with 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. A touch of cedar and herb provides additional character, while the finish lands softly.

• 201187 pts

  Spicy in cinnamon and sultry tropical coconut, this wine offers a freshness of red fruit, true and varietal, with soft, lean layers of body and weight.

• 201089 pts

  After years of underperforming with Merlot, Merriam comes roaring back with this rich, savory wine. With blackberry, raisin, blueberry, licorice and pepper flavors. This finishes dry and spicy.

• 200686 pts

  A bruiser of a Merlot, dry and muscular, with green olive, blackberry, sage and smoky cedar flavors, wrapped into bigtime tannins. Even at the age of nearly 5 it's still brooding and hard. Not an ager, but there's something fine and polished about it now.

• 200384 pts

  This bottling from Merriam has been all over the board over the years. It seems to do better in a warmer vintage. The 2003 vintage was not a great one in the North Coast, and this wine, while showing some polished flavors, is a bit lean. The cherry and currant flavors have been…