Sunstone Winery Reserve Merlot, Santa Ynez Valley, USA

日光寶石珍藏梅洛干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：3355

Dry and tough in tannins, this Merlot is relieved with some good cherry, blackberry, cocoa, tobacco and oak flavors. The astringency doesn’t seem likely to age out.——S.H.(4/1/2010)—— 85

Wraps minty, pepper-infused cherry flavors into a very soft texture, giving a wine of considerable lushness and attraction. Right on the edge of the Merlot revolution going on in the warmer parts of Santa Ynez Valley, and a wine to watch.——S.H.(10/1/2008)—— 87

This winery’s reserve Merlot is richer than the regular release, and from a better vintage. It’s marked by blackberry flavors edged with earth, notable oak and dry, distinguished tannins. It’s a young wine, a little rough now. The winemaker suggests aging for 10 years, which may be pushing it. ——S.H.(11/15/2002)—— 88