Name - Dark Horse
Variety - Merlot
Region - California
Year - 2020
Price - $7.99
Wine Critic Review
This jammy wine offers lots of candied strawberry and raspberry flavors along with a brown-sugar overtone. It's soft in texture and full in feel.
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Wine Folly Notes
Merlot's often feature fruity flavors, fewer tannins, and a chocolaty finish (131). The fruity flavors are more often than not cherry and plum. Wine folly suggests decanting for 30 minutes and serving at room temperature. As a Merlot from CA, there are notes of vanilla in conjunction with those flavors previously stated.
My Review
I thought that this wine was fantastic for the price point. Dark Horse describes this wine as jammy and I can definitely pick out that flavor profile. I did not decant as I do not have a decanted but I did drink this at room temperature and in an oversized glass-like suggested. The tannins were not really present like in most Merlots.
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