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Fort Berens Estate Winery Reserve Merlot 2019 Wine Review

Fort Berens Estate Winery Reserve Merlot 2019

Fort Berens Estate Winery Reserve Merlot 2019

British Columbia, BC V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score:90/100

Community Reviews: 1

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Price: $30.00

Drink: 2023-2026

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 12.9%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Fort Berens Estate Winery

Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 160374
  • $30.00 
  • Check Stock

Reviews and Ratings

Deborah Podurgiel - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Fort Berens Estate Winery's Reserve 2019 Merlot is dry, medium-plus-bodied with savoury aromas of ripe plummy fruit, dried herbs, tobacco leaf, mint, cedar brush and sweet baking spice with a whiff of smoky vanilla supple and long on the palate. Tannins are medium, velvety and very approachable now. Drink or hold to 2024.

This 2019 reserve was crafted from a barrel selection of 10 barrels of Merlot with different coopers and toasting levels giving the wine complexity and layers of flavours. It was then aged for 15 months in French oak barrels resulting in smooth and polished tannins on the wine. We poured it with a roast leg of lamb and the winery suggests beef short ribs would be a perfect pairing as well. Tasted January 2023.

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