A vibrant merlot with tart raspberry fruit flavors. Slightly off balance with pronounced oak. Notes of blackberry, cola and camphor. Full-bodied and complex. A tad harsh with some up front tannins and pronounced oak.
Tannins are well integrated.
Just a bit thin. Notes of black cherry, smoke and camphor. Pretty aromas and flavors of black cherry, roasted coffee, licorice, toasty oak and vanilla. A blend of black cherry and sweet oak flavors. The panel samples 8 to 12 wines a week in a blind tasting.