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Merlot
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | DR. VINO JUNE 8, 2009 249 bottles of wine on the wall 2001 Cullen Wines Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, Margaret River. 1995 Cullen Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, Margaret River. 1998 Petaluma Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot. 1996 d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache/Shiraz, McLaren Vale. Yes, it’s 249 bottles of wine on the wall! Day One. | | SLAKED JUNE 14, 2010 Blending. continued 4) Press wine (round, full). Petit verdot showed very nicely in 2009. Increasing the petit verdot addition to 10% resulted in a significantly less interesting wine than the 5% addition. enjoyed the merlot sample with 20% cabernet sauvignon blended in, but not the other way round. 2) Dark fruits. with a 3.9 | | | | | | | | | -
WINE TASTING GUY | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 Wines for the New (Jewish) Year UNDER $30 I'm pressed for time (aren't we all) so here goes. No Merlots (OK, maybe 1) and no Cab's (OK, maybe 1 or 2). And two wines in their appellation series that are of interest are the Carmel "old vine" Carignan & the Carmel Petit Sirah. Those are: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot & Malbec. MORE >> -
WINE TASTING GUY | SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008 Day in Napa We had some Merlot & Cab from both a regular series and a reserve one. Following the Cab I had a Petit Sirah and finished with an old vine Zin PORT that I REALLY enjoyed. The Zin was blended with about 7-8% Petit Sirah & a touch (about 1%) of Cab. But it was ideology's 2005 Merlot that I preferred. Nice wines. MORE >> -
WINE TASTING GUY | SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008 Kosher Wine Extravaganza - Unusual (but gooood) wines could write about the fabulous Israeli Cab or the not so fabulous French Bordeaux, the overrated California red, or awful Israel Merlot (it was BAD) but who cares?!?!! Merlot, Cab, Syrah - been there done that. lighter wine than a Cab, merlot or Syrah, Barbera is said to be the most (or second most) planter varietal in Italy. MORE >>
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