Mitsuko's Vineyard Merlot

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

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish/ brick rim.

Nose of red fruits with earth, light wood, spices, coffee, tobacco leaf, herbs and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with blueberries, plums, cherries, spices, light oak, chocolates, herbs, earth and tobacco leaf.

Short finish with tangy raspberries.

This 27 year old Merlot from Carneros in Napa Valley is past its prime, but still drinkable. At this age it's more about the specific bottle, so it might just be that.

Needed an hour in the bottle to open up and remove some of the moldy smell.

This Single Vineyard Merlot is elegant with a nice mouthfeel. Complex on the palate, but not as much on the nose.

Still very drinkable, interesting to try, and a good food wine.

14.2% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$25 (at release).

Strong fruity bouquet, medium dark...Tamuras purchase, 96 points advertised, $20.

Adam had this 12 years ago

What a nice wine! Lots of cool things going on here, don’t decant, experience them all. Soft toasty currant nose. Juicy, jammy, blackberry and black currant, and cassis fruit. Velvety smooth, slightly chalky, chocolate finish

One week anniversary in the new home! First charcuterie board and jojo’s season of the bachelorette!!! With nano

Interesting wine, but I don’t think I like Merlots. A little too stuffy of a wine.

Mouthwatering, medium-bodied. Big bouquet, mellows after breathing. Clean finish.

More of a cranberry funk than the dark fruit I normally associate with Merlot.

A little sharp and alcohol-y

Oak and tobacco on nose. Medium body, dry. Blackberries, blueberries on palate.