Alexander Valley Vineyards

Wetzel Family Estate Merlot

8.615 ratings
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Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
Merlot
Top Notes For
Matthew Dillhoff

Great fruity nose. On the sweet side with a little spice. Good finish.

Great fruity nose. On the sweet side with a little spice. Good finish.

Sep 25th, 2016
Scott Cowan

Blind, I would have guessed this was an Argentine Malbec. Deep purple in the bowl. Nose: oak, forest loam mixed with very light chicken coop (pleasantly so!), grilled portobello mushrooms, plums. Flavors, in order from first bit of sip through swallow: Dark, yet not sweet blackberries, light tickles of nutmeg-cinnamon-clove-black pepper, w/ an extra wallop of mace; thick velvet coating of cherry-berry-plum liqueurs, high octane throat leaves traces plum, fading to charbroiled meat- minus the umami. Lovely lingering finish comes back after the fade to make this a keeper! Delicious with dark chocolate. Would go with venison, other gamey foods, fondues. Likely to age well.

Blind, I would have guessed this was an Argentine Malbec. Deep purple in the bowl. Nose: oak, forest loam mixed with very light chicken coop (pleasantly so!), grilled portobello mushrooms, plums. Flavors, in order from first bit of sip through swallow: Dark, yet not sweet blackberries, light tickles of nutmeg-cinnamon-clove-black pepper, w/ an extra wallop of mace; thick velvet coating of cherry-berry-plum liqueurs, high octane throat leaves traces plum, fading to charbroiled meat- minus the umami. Lovely lingering finish comes back after the fade to make this a keeper! Delicious with dark chocolate. Would go with venison, other gamey foods, fondues. Likely to age well.

Dec 5th, 2015
Yeeun Song

Smooth

Smooth

Nov 6th, 2015
Tc Everett

Blackberry, cedar, tobacco. Medium finish.

Blackberry, cedar, tobacco. Medium finish.

Dec 8th, 2015
Warren Guan

Warren had this 9 years ago

Warren had this 9 years ago

Jan 24th, 2016
Robyn

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Robyn had this 9 years ago

Jan 2nd, 2016
Sam Rutledge

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Dec 6th, 2015
Liz Edwards

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Nov 7th, 2015
Daymon Thompson

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Nov 3rd, 2015
Mike Nguyen

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Oct 31st, 2015