Review:

Producer: Di Tierra
Grape Varietal: Merlot
Vineyard Designation: Monterey County
Country: California
Year: 2002
Price: $ 15.99
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User Rating: 9 Very Good
Tasting Notes:
This is exactly what I want from Merlot. This is not your average oaky, candied mess that abounds these days in the Merlot aisle. The fruit is pure and earthy with a mineral foundation that strongly evokes its Monterey origins along with a small dose of wild kink that is more like Pomerol than Central California. The wine leaves broad swathes of legs as you swirl and swirl again. Typical for a wine of its price it does not possess a great deal of complexity but that doesn’t really matter as this wine is a great example of how wonderful minimally oaked Merlot can be. If all Merlot was this pure and unadorned then I think the grape’s rather bad reputation would quickly be forgotten.

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