Variety: Merlot
Region: California
Country: US
Year: 2015
Price: $6.95/$21.95
Critic review: "Cedar forest, wild black plum and blackberry on the nose. Some herbal notes mid-palate with a long finish. Decant 2 hours. Full-bodied and balanced." -- Natalie Maclean
My review: This wine was paired with a house special pizza. I could sniff out hints of dark fruits primarily cherries and plum. The wine was also pretty dry. The flavor before eating the pizza was fruity, like the cherries, but there was also some spice that I noticed in the back of my throat. The pizza seemed to make the wine smoother, and brought down the dryness a bit.
Some other interesting things I noticed at dinner was the server was not a sommelier. In the picture below you can see she filled by glass completely (shown is after I took a few sips). I may have gotten different notes had I been able to sniff & swirl properly.
Some other interesting things I noticed at dinner was the server was not a sommelier. In the picture below you can see she filled by glass completely (shown is after I took a few sips). I may have gotten different notes had I been able to sniff & swirl properly.
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