86POINTS
15½/20
Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Reserve Merlot 2015
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaRoasted sausage, grilled red peppers, smoked beef, ragged wood rule this youthful and intense merlot, a grape Tinhorn is well known for. The 2015 has shed the sweet ripe fruit of the past and dove deep into the savoury, earthy (still ripe) spectrum. Dark earth, smoke, branch and bitter espresso are carried with gritty tannins to a warm, harsh finish. Needs richer beef to counter the rusticity.Tasted: 12 September 2017Tasted by: Prices:BC | $29.99 | 750ml | winery direct, private and VQA wine shops |
Grape: MerlotCSPC: 153213UPC: 624802011127