Shafer Napa Valley Merlot 2005
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BN#208417 |
| Category | Red Wine |
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| Varietal | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc |
| Region | California : Napa Valley |
| Producer | Shafer |
| Alcohol | 14.9% |
Shafer
This Merlot comes with big scoops of red and black fruit aromas and flavors. I get fresh plums, sweet black cherries, currants, red licorice, a little pepper, and pleasing doses of fragrant earth, smoke, and minerality.
Wine Enthusiast
Shafer’s Cabernet is so dominant, it’s sometimes forgotten how good their Merlot can be. The wines are dependably dry, rich and balanced, as the excellent ’05 demonstrates. It’s soft and drinkable now, but rich and sweet in tannins that frame cherry, currant, cola, licorice and vanilla flavors. Will reward cellaring through 2011.
Score: 91. —Steve Heimoff, March 01, 2008.Customers who purchased this item also bought:
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