Winery - Blackstone
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a nice, smooth and fairly sophisticated Merlot for immediate drinking. It’s totally dry, with young tannins to cut through rich meats, and the cherry-blackberry fruit is balanced with an earthy, bitter coffee edge that gets the mouth watering.
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Blackstone Merlot - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Quite a nice Chardonnay at a great price. It’s rich and creamy and plump, with deliciously ripe flavors of pineapples, Asian pears, buttered cinnamon toast and vanilla. The richness is balanced by crisp acidity and a firm minerality.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Acidic and minty, this Pinot has underripe green flavors that interfere with the enjoyment greater richness would provide. The thinness emphasizes the astringent tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
If the pronounced oak becomes integrated down the road, this will prove to be a good value because there’s a lot of blackberry and some chocolate flavors. It bites a bit from the 14.1% alcohol, but there’s enough acidity to carry the wine. Hold for a year to see where it goes.
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Blackstone Merlot - 1997
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The pretty aroma mingles well-toasted, caramelly oak with ripe black currant fruit. In the mouth, turns rather bitter and astringent in rugged tannins. A year or two of aging could soften it up.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and juicy, this dry wine is infused with pure cherry and red plum flavors. It’s tannic, but smooth and complex. Shows real finesse through the spicy finish.
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Blackstone Merlot - 2002
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a firmness in the mouth with this Chard. The fruit is ripe and spicy, the oak is just right, and the acidity is high, leading to a tart, dry finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Floral, spicy, and dry, this Gewurz shows forward flavors of pink grapefruit, with a peppery finish. It has good acidity and a clean finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A little bitter, especially in the finish, but offers pleasantly ripe peach and floral flavors. Thoroughly dry.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a crisply tart, dry wine, light in body, with pleasant flavors of green apples and peaches. There’s a lingering finish of tangerine that adds nuance.
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