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Merlot
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Producer notes: "If velvet had a flavor this would be it. Bittersweet chocolate, dark Italian cherries. Sweet rose petals with a firm, satiny finish. Pure Washington Merlot. HELL YEAH!"
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$77.99
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Merlot
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96 points Wine Enthusiast: "This is 100% varietal, from the Loess, Seven Hills, Pepper Bridge, and Mill Creek Upland vineyards. A deep, intense take on Merlot, it's so dark and concentrated that it dances on the edge of bitterness, but in a style reminiscent of the finest Italian Merlots, that use that flavor to define and elucidate a dark and potent wine. In the mouth it fills out with luscious cherry and plum and blackberry fruit, baking chocolate, coconut and nougat. Yet it remains sleek and stylish, with a strong licorice note. Cellar Selection. (Aug 2010)"
92 points Jay Miller (Wine Advocate): "The 2008 Merlot (100%) spent 15 months in a mix of new and used French oak. It exhibits an aromatic array of smoke, spice box, violets, black cherry, and black raspberry. Elegant on the palate with excellent volume, concentrated, spicy flavors, and a hint of minerality, it has enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years and will offer a drinking window extending from 2013 to 2022 if not longer. (Aug 2010)"
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$25.99
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Merlot
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Producer notes: "The 2008 vintage Marilyn Merlot is the 24th release of this fine wine. It is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine was aged in 100% oak barrels, 35% of which were new for this vintage. Aromas of Herbes de Provence, primarily thyme and lavender complement the oak components of vanilla and smoke from the wood. Moderate alcohol and good acidity make this wine a good pairing with fine foods. Vineyard locations for this wine are from our longtime growers in Yountville and Oakville regions of the Napa Valley (Yountmill Vineyard 88%, Beckstoffer Vineyard 12%). The striking and glamorous image of Marilyn Monroe in a purple, shoulderless cocktail dress is from photos done for the release of The Asphalt Jungle in 1950, a film noir classic for which John Huston was nominated for an Oscar and in which Marilyn plays to perfection her role as the mistress of a crooked attorney."
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$39.99
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Merlot
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Jay Miller (Wine Advocate): "The 2008 Merlot DuBrul Vineyard was aged in 40% new oak. It displays a perfume of cedar, spice box, cassis, cherry blossom, and black cherry. Soft and easy-going, this is a savory, spicy effort meant for near-term drinking. (Aug 2010)"
Producer notes: "What made this wine was in winemaker’s speak -- hang time. As these clusters hung into the third week of September they arrived at physiological ripeness when our northern days had gotten considerably shorter. With the fruit ripening in comparatively cool temperatures all the flavor esters and color in the skins were elevated resulting in fullest flavor, cooler, almost perfect pH/acid balance; each harbingers of age worthiness. This combined with Hugh Shiels masterful grape growing and a site that competes on the world’s stage for Merlot and you have this wine. I just tasted the 1999 vintage which is very youthful -- upon release I wrote -- "this wine is powerful, super-intense, and should age well into the next decade." Now I have to say that it will age well into this decade as well. 163 cases made."
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$44.99
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Not yet reviewed; 2007 vintage rated 92 points by Robert Parker: "The 2007 Merlot (91% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc) boasts a dense purple color as well as a gorgeously sweet perfume of white chocolate, coffee beans, plums, black currants, and a hint of mocha. Full-bodied and dense with layers of fruit and glycerin as well as a sumptuous texture, this terrific wine can be drunk over the next 10-15+ years. (Dec 2009)"
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Merlot
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Producer notes: "90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot. Our Napa Valley Merlot displays lush aromas and silky flavors of ripe black cherry, plum and mocha. On the palate the wine demonstrates those same fruit flavors with an integrated mid-palate of sweet oak and tannins that finishes with a lingering and full finish."
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