"Odedi"

9.0

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Purple in color with medium intensity.

Fruity nose of red fruits with light chocolate notes.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing raspberries, cherries, spices, peppercorn, chocolates, earth and light vegetables.

Tangy finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 7 year old Merlot from Walla Walla Valley is drinking very nicely now. Rich, but not extracted. Spicy and entertaining.

This Single Vineyard Merlot is easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

Aged in (20% new) French oak barrels for 18 months. A small production of only 300 cases.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$45. — 7 months ago

Rhyes Adoh

9.0

Delish, not too sweet, great with seafood! Easy drink — 8 years ago

Jason and Jennie

9.4

Had to go with the @David T collage style. Love this wine. $39 retail — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

This wine seriously has more bacon fat and pork than I've experienced in a bottle. The fruit is one of the last things I will have in this description. It's why there is a pig in the picture collage! I had to do it because right now that is the dominating flavor of the wine. I am going to come back to this in a bit. Let's see what happens after some time in the decanter. This starting to calm down a bit. On the nose, bacon fat, pork, grilled meats, BBQ sauce, olive, loads of milk chocolate, brine, brown sugar, dried blood, pepper, black plum, dark cherries, blackberries, faint strawberries, dry stones, loamy clay soil, scorched earth, soy sauce and decayed dark florals. The mouthfeel is thick and brooding. Everything on the nose is on the palate. The acidity is round. The finish is thick, rich with intense flavors that stick to the palate and linger endlessly. If I had more bottles of the 06 En Chamberlin, I'd wait another 8-10 years to open them. It's still a monster. Photos of; the front of their tasting room in downtown Walla Walla that is generally always closed, the stone vineyard of Cayuse that needs to be horse plowed, Christophe Baron (owner), ready to pick grapes and a field pig...just because their is so much pork in this wine. Producer notes and history...while visiting the Walla Walla Valley in 1996, Christophe Baron spotted a plot of land that had been plowed up to reveal acres of softball-sized stones. He became ridiculously excited. This stony soil, this terroir, reminded him of vineyards he had visited in France (Rhone Valley) and Spain. The difficult ground would stress the grapevines, making them produce more mature, concentrated fruit. Christophe Baron had found a new home. He named his vineyard after the Cayuse, a Native American tribe whose name was taken from the French cailloux–which means, of course, rocks. Hours of back-breaking work later, Cayuse Vineyards has become five vineyards encompassing 50 acres: Armada, Cailloux, Coccinelle (Ladybug), En Cerise (Cherry), and En Chamberlin. The majority of the vineyards are planted with Syrah, and the rest dedicated to Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Merlot, Tempranillo and Viognier. All of the vineyards are planted in rocky earth within the Walla Walla Valley appellation. Cayuse was also the first winery in Walla Walla to farm using biodynamic methods. These highly stressed vineyards average a yield of only two tons or less per acre (30 hectolitres per hectare), resulting in wines true to each vineyard’s unique terroir. Cayuse specializes in four estate-vineyard Syrahs, along with Bionic Frog Syrah, Impulsivo Tempranillo, Widowmaker Cabernet-Sauvignon, two Bordeaux blends named Camaspelo & Flying Pig and Viognier. Look for their other partnership wines; Horsepower & No Girls if you haven't already. Nearly 100% all mailing list, restaurants and secondary markets. — 9 years ago

Jonas Johansson

9.0

Making myself a Constant Buzz from Dominick's. Basically a Long Island with frozen strawberries and pineapple. Dominick's served them by half a gallon. Am I missing Ann Arbor or just start of collage season? — 11 years ago

Joshua Figg

9.3

Rich hints of tobacco and vanilla. Smooth, almost velvety. Nice easy drinking red blend. — 2 years ago

Thierry POUSSIN

9.3

2018 - Bourgogne Pinot Noir "Les Chaillots" Nicolas Morin.
Excellent Pinot Noir, léger rond équilibré aromatique fruité, sans ajout de sulfites ni collage ni filtration — 6 years ago

Ryan Sims

9.0

Surprising. Fruit-forward but not overwhelming, nice tannic balance, low-medium acid. — 8 years ago

with Katy

Eric Guido

9.1

Here I found a shy bouquet of dried strawberry, with dusty cedar, spice box, pepper (which took dominance from time to time), and hints of rose. On the medium-bodied palate, soft textures contrasted by light tannin ushered in a collage of dry red fruits and minerals, as brisk acidity added a mouthwatering freshness. It finished on youthful restraint, with fine tannin saturating the senses along as hints of dried cherry and strawberry lingered long. — 8 years ago

Jason McLaren

9.0

Interesting white. Good value. Little butter and tart. — 10 years ago

Joe Paradise

9.0

Wonderful complexities. Tart red notes like Cranberry and red apple skin melding with darker plum and black cherry. Wet muddy earth, smoky oak, cola, roasted herbs and savory spice. Like a collage where the pieces shouldnt go together but as a whole work in harmony. Tasty and interesting — 10 years ago

Sara Lee

9.0

Sanctuary Vineyards Coastal Collage, wonderful red blend. — 11 years ago

Daryl smith

9.0

Another fantastic Red blend from Martin-Scott winery. — 11 years ago

Erin Kuba

10

Love this blend; great red to enjoy even without food. — 11 years ago

Chris Blanchard

9.6

One of my favorite whites from any region. It’s bright, no oak, with great citrus, ripe melon and floral notes. A real gem of the Valle — 3 years ago

Lynnette Marie

9.7

The 97 is amazing. — 8 years ago

Severn G

9.4

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this evening with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our full cast of conductors include Andris Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart, Michael Tilson Thomas and John Williams. The beautiful and vocally talented Audra McDonald is our host for the evening along with Midori on violin and Yo-Yo Ma on cello.

This will likely be an evening to remember for some time. Program notes from the BSO "Reflecting the season-long theme, The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood will spotlight Bernstein's wide-ranging talents as a composer, his many gifts as a great interpreter and champion of other composers, and his role as an inspirer of a new generation of musicians and music lovers across the country and around the globe. The gala concert will feature a kaleidoscopic array of artists and ensembles from the worlds of classical music, film, and Broadway. The entire first half of the program is dedicated to selections from such brilliant Bernstein works as Candide, West Side Story, Mass, and Serenade. Music from the classical canon very dear to Bernstein's heart-selections from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn and music by Copland-plus a new work by John Williams, makes up a good portion of the program's second half; the finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony brings the program to a dramatic close."

We're revisiting some producer bottles from our late Spring France vacation earlier this year.

Nose of under-ripe tropical fruits, banana skin, light oak touch. Palate has yummy papaya, under-ripe peach, tangerine and sweet oak.

Photos of the Jadot (Update, Bouchard!) Chateau with its beautiful colored slate roof (to the left of the chateau its the conservatory where we had an epic lunch during our visit and they used to overwinter their citrus trees in here many, many years ago), pictures of the first room of the most amazing library cellar in all of Burgundy (the subsequent rooms are even more amazing) and our bottle of the evening.

24hr Update, sweet oak and fermented tropical fruits just stunning today, last bottle. ☹️

OMG Update: somehow I grabbed pics from our Bouchard visit, argh! The only Jadot thing in the collage is the bottle, so sorry! — 8 years ago

Bodil Martin

9.8

Last night in St Augustine, restaurant Collage, awesome!🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 10 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

10

Well, again Ehlers estate never disappoints! This is a fantastic cab franc from St Helena in Nappa Valley. The cork was absolutely perfect. The color is midnight sky on a cloudy night with a rim of purple hue. The legs are thick and long with a 12 second fall. The bouquet is a floral collage of roses and concord grapes growing in a field surrounded by ancient oaks. The initial palate reminds me of blackberry pie with a butter coated crust. The finish is a tart raspberry sorbet floating in a buttery, spicy, and oaky bliss of soft wine only experienced in a tiny French cafe. This is my new favorite wine. Im sorry ZD, you've just been pushed into second place!!!!!!!! Im buying as much of this as I can afford. I suggest you pick this one up asap while there is some left. — 10 years ago

Eric Guido

9.6

Words like layered and intense simply do not do this justice. The '09 GMAX displays a collage of ripe stone fruits, hints of brown sugar and honey add depth, then masses of flowers, citrus rind and crushed stone. On the palate, it displayed angular citrus driven textures which seemed to exploded into riper tropical fruits, spice, and minerals. Tart citrus saturated the senses throughout the finish, offset by tongue curling acidity. — 11 years ago