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17½/20
Matanzas Creek Merlot 2001
Sonoma County, California, United StatesWe love the sophisticated toasted, smoky oak vanilla aromas streaked with pepper, chocolate and black plum jam. The 01 Matanzas merlot is intense to say the least. It is packed full of toasted oak, coffee, chocolate, plum jam and orange peel flavours all mixed with sweet vanilla, cherry jam and a touch of black olive in the finish. Smooth and polished, perhaps the best yet from Matanzas. Top quality here and drinkable but you could easily cellar this red for three to five more years.Tasted: 08 April 2004Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:| BC | $49.50 | 750ml |
Grape: MerlotUPC: 728759132109
