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Merlot
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Producer notes: "86% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. This Napa Valley Merlot is blended to offer the complexity and balance of a young wine, while embodying the diversity of the whole Napa Valley appellation. This wine is medium-bodied and balanced with a smooth entry, integrated soft tannins, and a long finish. The aroma is lifted with raspberry, red currant, blueberry, cherry cola, and delicate spice. The flavors are polished with blackberry, plum, black cherry, toast, and a hint of herb."
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$33.99
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Merlot
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List $42.00
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Wine Spectator: "[$42 list] Soft and supple, displaying dusty cedar and red currant aromas, with elegant, well-focused plum, espresso and roasted dill flavors. Drink now through 2012. (3/31/09)"
Producer notes: "This is a Cabernet lover’s Merlot blended from four of our organically-grown vineyards. Mouth coating flavors of plums, black tea and cocoa powder are backed with a nice tannin structure to make this a perfect wine with beef tenderloin, rack of lamb or barbecued pork."
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$15.99
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Merlot
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Producer notes: "80% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. The Merlot in this blend is from several premium vineyards including: Klipsun; Dionysus; Pepper Bridge Vineyard; our Estate Seven Hills Vineyard; Stone Tree; Weinbau; Candy Mountain; Loess Vineyard and Katherine Leone. Rich with aromatic aromas of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon, this spicy Merlot shows red cherry fruit, black plum, blackberry and dark fruit flavors encased in a peppery, chocolate, black cherry finish."
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$64.99
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WS 92
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Merlot
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List $75.00
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92 points Wine Spectator: "[$75 list] Tight as a drum, but rich and deeply structured underneath. Shows aromas of black currant, mineral and spice, with intense blackberry, espresso and toasty oak flavors that end with firm tannins. Best from 2009 through 2012. 500 cases made. (6/30/08)"
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$51.99
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WA 94
IWC 91
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Merlot
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94 points Jay Miller (Wine Advocate): "The 2005 Pedestal features the peripatetic Michel Rolland. His wine is 80% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Cabernet Franc aged for 22 months in 85% new French oak. Deep crimson-colored, it offers an enticing perfume of toasty new oak, pencil lead, spice box, clove, allspice, red currants and black cherry. Seamless on the palate, the wine has gobs of ripe, savory flavors, well-concealed tannin, excellent aging potential, and a long, pure finish. It will provide much pleasure between 2012 and 2025. Long Shadows is the brainchild of Alan Shoup, longtime CEO of Chateau Ste-Michelle. It is a consortium of seven different labels, each with its own star winemaker who has a 25% share in the brand. The concept is that each 'is dedicated to producing a single Columbia Valley wine representing a ‘best of type’ that reflects the winemaker’s signature style."
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$22.99
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Merlot
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Producer notes: "Plum, blackberry and spice, a big pull out the stops wine loaded with flavor. 'Best Merlot in Paso Robles'."
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$89.99
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RP 94
IWC 92
CG 91
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Merlot
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94 points Robert Parker: "The 2005 Merlot is looking sensational, and far better than I thought last year. There are 3,000 cases of this wine, which is aged in 85% new Taransaud barrels. Blended with 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine reveals distinctive black cherry and berry notes intermixed with chocolate, mocha, caramel, and scorched earth. The wine is full-bodied, fleshy, but has underlying acidity and a long, layered finish. This wine can be drunk now or cellared for another 15+ years."
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$28.99
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Merlot
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Producer notes: "Rombauer Vineyards' 2005 Napa Valley Merlot bursts with cherry, ripe plum, and spice aromas. Tannins are deftly interwoven through a core of plum, with layers of dark berries shaded with hints of cocoa. The wine lingers on the palate with fruit and moderate tannins. It drinks well now but will improve further with age. 18 months in American and French oak. 77% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon."
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$19.99
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United States
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Merlot
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List $24.00
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Producer notes: "This 2008 San Francisco Chronicle Gold Medal Winning Merlot has an intense garnet color. A ripe blackberry aroma leads to hints of cassis and plum on the entry, and finishes with refined tandins and cedar."
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$24.99
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United States
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Merlot
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List $32.00
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Producer notes: "92% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot. Aromas of earth, dried herbs and cherry. On the palate, medium body, lush fruit flavors and balanced acidity with a long finish that has a tingle and a tang and starts the evening with a bang."
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$44.99
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Merlot
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Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "($70 list) Bright, deep red-ruby. Red berries, tobacco, pine resin and a whiff of herbs on the nose. Suave, young and dry, with a slightly tart quality to the flavors of plum, redcurrant and tobacco. There's a light greenness here but also a subtle smoky sweetness. Finishes fresh and firm, with a fine dusting of tannins. This has been a consistently intriguing and understated merlot in recent vintages. (Dec 2008)"
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