
90POINTS
16½/20







Stonestreet Merlot 1997
Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California, United StatesThe blend is 79 per cent merlot, 16 cabernet sauvignon and 5 cabernet franc all aged for 18 months in French oak, 40 percent of which was new. Attractive fresh cherry jam nose with smoky, vanilla aromas. Warm chewy textures of smoky pruny cherry fruit and leather in the finish. Warm and long but dry.Tasted: 01 March 2000Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:BC | $52.95 | 750ml | Specialty |
Grape: Merlot