Sonoma Vineyards Merlot 2005

Sonoma County, California, United States
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Natalie's Score: 87/100 Community Score: 4.4/5 Community Reviews: 2 Add My Review Product #: 60632 Wine Type: Red Wine	Price: $16.95 Alcohol: 14% Drink: Now Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Sonoma Vineyards
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Tasting note:

This Merlot was 85% barrel aged in a combination of American and French oak. During the grape growing season, the same fog that blankets Sonoma County each night collects in the needles of the coastal redwoods, and drips down to their root zone. Essential for grape quality, fog is equally essential to these redwoods, which are found only on the California coast, and measure as the tallest trees on the planet, growing easily over 300 feet and living as long as 2000 years. A warm embrace of wine with sweet cherries, plums and vanilla richness. Full-bodied with a mocha-infused finish. Closed with a screwcap. Food matches: cheeseburgers, prime rib steak, parmesan cheese, chicken stir-fry, lamb chops.

Reviewed March 24, 2009 by Natalie MacLean

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Serve this wine between 60-65 degrees Farenheit or 15-18 degrees Celsius.

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