My family was happy to savor this '08 Napa Valley Merlot with our Christmas dinner. In fact, this was a wine I picked up (per request) on my most recent visit to Napa (my experience of the winery here).
Tasting Notes
With just a sip of the wine, the Merlot has prominent notes of strawberry and spicy raspberry on the palette with soft tannins and subtle acidity but the Darioush website describes it best:
"The moderate 2008 growing season yielded small amounts of mature, highly-concentrated Merlot. The resulting wine offers a profile of dense, expressive dark fruit, black raspberry, cherry and dried fig supported by a tight core of dark cocoa, licorice and cola. Sweet, succulent tannins add textural complexity, while a beautiful, long finish reveals notes of rosemary, cinnamon and graham cracker"
Winemaker's notes below:
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Cheers,
B
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