Knight Valley Merlot

This is all estate fruit there is a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend

Solid. Fruit seems to be fading fast

This is NOT your mother’s Merlot!

Estate grown, unfined, and unfiltered. Medium body with bold flavor. Dark fruit.

Big vibrant berry merlot with hint of pepper spice. Wow! Nice surprise

Quaffable, but far from transcenant. Actually, this is pretty good. Blueberry on the nose, moderate tannins with a good (but not very deep) finish. Not clear this will benefit from more time in the bottle (this was from a magnum), so enjoy it now.

This goes well with the shattered dreams of a generation of premed students. I had the choice of either this or a 2011 Melville Syrah to go with grading. Decided to go with this one so my tears didn't dilute the flavor while reading the answers. (Seriously - nice wine. I don't know what Merlots are supposed to smell like but this has some interesting fruit on the nose and a good backbone on the palate. Probably good to drink now. )

Pretty tight for first hour. Big tannins and plenty of acidity. Not much fruit showing. Improved after about 2hr. Not really the beauty I expect out of a quality merlot. More muscle, but that suits me just fine.

Ben had this 4 years ago

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