Pours unusually black for a Merlot, suggesting a lot of extraction on the skins to compensate for thin fruit in this difficult vintage for red wine. Tastes herbal, earthy and alcoholic, and tannins grip and scour the palate. Not offering much pleasure now, and not likely to improve.
Pours unusually black for a Merlot, suggesting a lot of extraction on the skins to compensate for thin fruit in this difficult vintage for red wine. Tastes herbal, earthy and alcoholic, and tannins grip and scour the palate. Not offering much pleasure now, and not likely to improve.
Pours unusually black for a Merlot, suggesting a lot of extraction on the skins to compensate for thin fruit in this difficult vintage for red wine. Tastes herbal, earthy and alcoholic, and tannins grip and scour the palate. Not offering much pleasure now, and not likely to improve.