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Anthony Gismondi on Wine
Atalon Merlot Mountain Estatestext
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Atalon Merlot Mountain Estates 1997

Napa Valley, California, United StatesLovely cedar leather sandalwood and spice nose. Christmas cake fruit with big rich ripe plush round tannins as you would expect from 1997. Lovely balance for a big wine with plenty of ripe well developed tannins. Blackberries and cedar with a wisp of mineral in a "mountain" of a wine.Tasted: 01 March 2000Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:
BC$105.00750mlSpeculative - Vinterra Wine Merchants
Producer: Atalon WineryDistributors: Summit Fine Wines
Grape: Merlot