Start a new search!
MERLOT 2012 Napa Valley |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
STERLING |
Very deep intense purple colour. Attractive, slightly spicy, ripe plum-warm red cherry nose with some cedar notes. Dry, medium bodied, quite well structured, slightly spicy, ripe plum-cherry flavours with some cedar notes on the lingering, fairly high acid finish. Has 14.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / BEST BUY - Cedary, vanilla oak and black cherry nose; full-bodied, creamy black cherry flavour; well-structured with a firm tannic finish. |
CSPC |
330241 |
Type |
Red Table Wine |
Agent |
Mar Ant |
Country |
USA |
Region |
California |
Rating |
**+(89 points) Very Dry, Ripe, Tangy |
LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! A Best Buy |
This is a special one-time price for this former Vintages Essential wine. TASTING NOTE: This is a quite lifted, vibrant and intense merlot - a specialty of Sterling for years now. Expect lovely lifted raspberry-currant fruit, oak spice, cedar and some greenness, with subtle vanillin overlay on the nose. It's quite full bodied, yet edgy and vibrant, with a sense of graphite minerality. Fairly tannic, Very good to excellent length. Not as cushy as most Calif merlots, and that's a good thing. Best 2016 to 2020+. Score - 90 (David Lawrason, winealign.com, July 17, 2015) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
Bottle Size |
750 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - July 22, 2017 |
Cases bought |
1506 (12 bottles per case) |
Check LCBO Availability |
|
Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
|