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...last night my wine tasting group of 6 tried 6 merlots blind.
Lowest points is the winner (ranked 1 for the one you like best through 6).
6. 31pts - 2010 K Stoneridge Vineyard Washington $49 (bottle may have been bad)
5. 27pt - 2011 Stags Leap Napa $32
4. 24pts - 2010 Falesco Umbria (Italy) $16 (90pts Cheap Wine Review)
3. 19pts - 2011 Chateau Taillefer Pomerol (France) $22 (Costco)
2. 15pts - 2012 Whitehall Lane Napa $20 (90pt WS) - (my wine and first choice)
1. 10pts - 2012 Decoy Sonoma $22 (my second choice)
Interesting to taste merlots from a number of different areas and find them all to taste fairly similar.
The Decoy was a big favorite - I could recommend the top 3 but it didn't really change my opinion of merlots.
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Haven't had a good Stags Leap in years. Don't know if it's the wine maker or the fruit. Used to love them back in the 80's. Same with Clos Du Val.
The Pomeral is one of the lighter ones. It also has some cabernet franc in it so not a "true" merlot.
I would have picked the Decoy for your group as you said they lean toward a fruit forward style.
If you ever get a chance to try Seven Hills let me know what you think.
...the rule is 75% of the grape is enough to label it, like in CA.
I looked two places for Seven Hills but couldn't find it.
It's actually hard to find good smaller winery Washington wines here - there isn't much demand for it I'm told.
Where did you read that?Only certain grapes are allowed in Bordeaux to be labeled AOC. I know that chardonnay is prohibited from Bordeaux whites to be AOC (they have to be labeled "table wine"), but Bordeaux is famous for blending different grapes at different levels. I've seen Pomerols with 70% merlot. I've seen top Medoc with 65% CS.They blend their wines according to their taste.
Edits: 12/19/14
...for naming the wine by the grape.
Just messing with you.
But it doesn't rule anywhere else.
Blending is an art. California used to make 100% varietals on most everything.
Made for a lot of boring wines, for the most part.
...we have to use some guidelines in the tasting group or meritage would be competing with cabernets.
25% something else is still blending.
"Wine Type
Mandatory. A wine may be labeled by a grape or varietal name such as Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon, or it may be given a generic name such as “Red Table Wine.” Wines using varietal names must derive at least 75% of their volume from the grape designated, and the varietal name must appear on the label with an appellation of origin. Although not required, many wineries voluntarily list the proportions of the grape varieties that comprise their wine blends."
I'm well aware of the California rules. I was questioning where you got the same rules for France.
...so how much merlot is in the Chateau Taillefer?
don't know
...2011 is 95% merlot, 5% cab franc.
Other vintages (2009) were as low as 75 merlot.
So it was a good representation of a French merlot.
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