Merlots in Different Price Ranges Tasting Notes



Tasting Notes by Scott

1998 Whitehall Lane
$26.50

Slight effervesence. Nice tannins, should age well.

1998 Meridian
$9.00

Big raspberry nose. Lots of rapsberry pie in the mouth. Lingers well.

1998 Shafer
$32.00

Nice heavy fruit (blackberry/blueberry). Also chocolate. Great rich, warm floavor. Lingers well. Good plum quality with air.

1998 Trinity Oaks
$9.00

Light cranberry. Thin and fades at back. Kind of green.

1998 Michel-Schumberger
$17.00

Copper killet type smell. Has tang up front, lingers through the middle, fades at the back.

1998 Geyser Peak
$16.00

Nice deep black cherry. Has chocolate undertones in the nose. In the mouth, strats fruit, fades quickly, kind of flattening out.