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Pours surprisingly dark in the glass with a nose that is immediate and rich, with plums and coffee quickly followed by a blueberry note. Ripe and open-knit on the palate, with fruit and oak exploding all over the place and then nicely cascading with big-grained tannins in an extravagantly long, persistent finish redolent with ripe fruit and wood.
- Vintage
- 2015
- Appellation
- Paicines
- Grape
- Merlot
- Alcohol by Volume
- 15.1%
- Cases Produced
- 3000
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2025
- Release Email
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One of the Central Coast’s best appellations for Bordeaux varietals, the Paicines AVA is a hidden gem found just past the Pinot and Chardonnay vineyards of the Monterey Coast on the other side of the Gabilan Mountains.
Sourced from one of the best-known and well-respected $40+ red programs on the entire Central Coast, Lot 641 is built to the nines – farmed with the utmost of care in the alluvial flows of the San Benito River and made in a ripe, lush-yet-extracted style and aged in over 50% new oak, this “Merlot with muscle” is certain to gather the attention of the most arduous Cabernet lovers.
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Bob
Verified Purchase
9/23/2019
Solid Merlot
Great value.
Robert
Verified Purchase
9/23/2019
Great Weekday Wine
Very good value.
Michael
Verified Purchase
9/19/2019
Great Value
For the money, this is at the top of my list for Merlot. Enjoyable for the moment the bottle is opened.
ruth
Verified Purchase
9/18/2019
almost nears a cab
wine has a lot of character. Jury still out...decanted and now tasting... almost like a cab!
Barbara
Verified Purchase
9/14/2019
Over the top!
This is the best Merlot I have ever had. Ever!!! Maybe I don't get out much but when I do nothing else compares. Ordered a Merlot recently in a nice Italian restaurant. It tasted like Welch's grape juice. I am so spoiled now. Have probably ordered two cases so far. Dreading the day it is sold out:(
Robert
Verified Purchase
9/12/2019
Excellent wine!
I was not a fan of Merlot until I tried this wine......a winner in every respect I’l purchase again!.......
leslie
Verified Purchase
9/11/2019
best everyday merlot
Love this wine. Great for sipping and passing an evening watching fav TV
Ron
Verified Purchase
9/11/2019
Good value
This a pretty good Merlot. I have brought if several times and will buy it again when I run low.
David
Verified Purchase
9/11/2019
Not a Fan
This is not one of my "go-to s". Perhaps I thought it would be similar to the Cabs, but it just did not make it for me. It sits on the counter as I open up other favorites.
william
Verified Purchase
9/1/2019
Buy it. You will like it.
Fantastic value. Plan to buy another case.