Merus
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
Thank you Kirk for sharing this beauty with us!!! Big, Bold and luscious. Teeth staining inky black. Yum!! Wine spectator top 100 👏🍷🍷👏
Thank you Kirk for sharing this beauty with us!!! Big, Bold and luscious. Teeth staining inky black. Yum!! Wine spectator top 100 👏🍷🍷👏
Nov 10th, 2017
Fantastic. Was concerned that it might be overly tannic given the drinking windows I saw on-line, but this was approachable right out of the gate. Incredible nose of blueberries, blackberries, currants and bittersweet chocolate, this is a rich, hedonistic wine with an amazing full mouthfeel, sweet, integrated tannins, and a lingering, balanced finish. Reminds me a bit of the 2002. Has a long life ahead of it (no hint of secondary flavors...yet), but is worth a try right now.
Fantastic. Was concerned that it might be overly tannic given the drinking windows I saw on-line, but this was approachable right out of the gate. Incredible nose of blueberries, blackberries, currants and bittersweet chocolate, this is a rich, hedonistic wine with an amazing full mouthfeel, sweet, integrated tannins, and a lingering, balanced finish. Reminds me a bit of the 2002. Has a long life ahead of it (no hint of secondary flavors...yet), but is worth a try right now.
Sep 14th, 2020
@David A Lentine found the 2008 at our local J. Alexander's. 99% Cabernet and drinking nicely. Just missed the Mark Herold winemaker years by one. This is still quite good.
@David A Lentine found the 2008 at our local J. Alexander's. 99% Cabernet and drinking nicely. Just missed the Mark Herold winemaker years by one. This is still quite good.
Jul 8th, 2016Licorice, blackberry, cassis with depth. Still young with tannic power. Big, big wine. Almost too plummy. I'll wait a couple of years to crack the next one.
Licorice, blackberry, cassis with depth. Still young with tannic power. Big, big wine. Almost too plummy. I'll wait a couple of years to crack the next one.
Jan 26th, 2016
A beautifully rich Cabernet with smoke and chocolate on the long finish of this wine. For me the alcohol is a little too present without food to integrate it more fully. Definitely a wine to open if the opportunity presents itself!!
A beautifully rich Cabernet with smoke and chocolate on the long finish of this wine. For me the alcohol is a little too present without food to integrate it more fully. Definitely a wine to open if the opportunity presents itself!!
Dec 4th, 2015Best wine I have had in two years with my brother-in-law in Manhattan Beach!
Best wine I have had in two years with my brother-in-law in Manhattan Beach!
Oct 4th, 2014
So good... I like the fruit and the size and the oak and the everything.
So good... I like the fruit and the size and the oak and the everything.
Oct 4th, 2014