Tag Archives: merlot

Video Wine Review: Fratelli Perata Tre Sorelle Cabernet Blend Paso Robles 2010

Posted on November 6, 2020 by waywardwine

Watch my review of this elegant, aged 2010 Cabernet Sauvginon blend Tre Sorelle by Fratelli Perata from Paso Robles, California.

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Video Wine Review: Daou Seventeen Forty, Paso Robles, 2010

Posted on October 19, 2020 by waywardwine

Has a decade tamed the monster Cabernet Franc Merlot blend from Paso Robles? Check out my video review Daou Seventeen Forty, Paso Robles, 2010

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Video Wine Review: Ravines, Merlot, Finger Lakes New York 2018

Posted on October 13, 2020 by waywardwine
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Balkan Merlot Wine Review: VukojE, Galerija, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2016

Posted on April 29, 2019 by waywardwine

Wow. Hi internet, I missed you. Toddler distractions notwithstanding, let us turn our sails back toward the wine dark sea. Many leagues ago, I started to review Balkan wines my mother-in-law smuggled back with her. The tannic, native grape, Vranak made for some puckered and challenged palates (read here). But, how does Bosnia-Herzegovina handle the stereotyped grape of plush pleasure and ease: Merlot? Continue reading →

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An Easily Bearable Bordeaux: Chateau Malescasse, Haut-Médoc, 2009

Posted on December 16, 2017 by waywardwine

Last week, a 2009 Bordeaux pissed us off.  In desperation, only food could tame its barking tannins.  But this week, we flip the script and flip the river bank.  We have a Left Bank, Haut-Médoc: famed for Cabernet blends and alluvial soils.

Ready your glass and soul for a Bordeaux that pleases right out of the gate (hopefully): Continue reading →

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