Ballentine Pocai Vineyard Merlot, Napa Valley, USA

巴倫丁博才梅洛紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：8016

Tough and gritty for a Merlot, with sweet and sour cherry and blackberry flavors wrapped into stringy tannins. With its briary, peppery finish, it could almost be a Zinfandel.——S.H.(12/15/2011)—— 86

This has been an inconsistent Merlot over the years, but the ’07 is a good one, at a fair price. Must be the vintage. It’s dry and rich in black cherry, red plum and spice flavors, sweetened by smoky, caramelized oak. Easy to drink now.——S.H.(7/1/2011)—— 88

A beautifully drinkable Merlot. It’s softly tannic and quite dry, with a polish of smoky oak that frames deep, ripe flavors of blackberries, cherries, currants and exotic spices. Very nice now and for the next 3–4 years.——S.H.(9/1/2010)—— 91

There’s something heart-warmingly soft about this Merlot. You may want to stash it away until the cold winter months and let it warm you on a chilly night. It’s pure and appealing in cherries, currants, sandalwood and spices, with fine, dusty tannins.——S.H.(10/1/2009)—— 88

An interesting Merlot that shows a huge improvement over the ’02 and ’03, possibly because the vintage was warmer and the fruit got ripe. The winery still has work to do on this bottling, but the ’04 is tannic and rich, and shows the blackberry, currant and cedar flavors you want in an ultrapremium Merlot.——S.H.(6/1/2008)—— 87