2005 Windhurst Reserve Merlot
Posted on September 19, 2009 - Filed Under American wines, Merlot, Red wines, Reviews, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
This puppy is $19.99 @ Westwood Liquors and worth every penny! It’s mellow, confident, with nice flavors of cocoa, blueberry and medium tannins.
If this wine were a guy at a party, he would just sit in the corner wearing sunglasses, and not saying anything, but then at the end of the night he would take your girlfriend home.
2007 Velvet Devil Merlot (http://www.kvintners.com/wines.php)
Posted on September 14, 2009 - Filed Under American wines, Merlot, Red wines, Reviews, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
At Mulberry for restaurant week, finishing up with a nice bottle of Washington Merlot. Very strong flavors of chocolate-covered bacon, believe it or not…
That said, the green tannins make it a little too bitter for my taste. Very similar to drinking baking chocolate without any of the fruit forward flavors to redeem it. Definitely a head’s wine, and a very complex flavor for the price.
Later: The wine really opens up with hints of plum, blackberry and vanilla…definitely something you want to let breathe for an hour or so…
Price: $10 (retail), $25 (at Mulberry)
2002 Rex Goliath Central Coast Merlot
Posted on September 13, 2009 - Filed Under American wines, Merlot, Reviews, Wine Reviews, style | Leave a Comment
Ugh, I feel like shit today. I popped half a muscle relaxant, but I’m hungover, confused, and perhaps depressed. Fuck it. This is the wine with the rooster on the label, and its a great buy. Dark, smooth, plummy with a hint of leathery chocolate. Not too complex, but I’ll take it. Bring on the weekend!
