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...last week my wine tasting group tackled a half dozen merlots in a blind tasting.Here are the results - ranked from 1 to 6 by each taster with the lowest score being the top wine.
6. Rodney Strong Sonoma 2007 $13...............20 pts
5. Chateau St. Michelle Indian Wells 2008 $16..18pts
4. Marilyn Merlot Napa 2008 $25................18pts
3. Zerba Washington State 2005 $40.............17pts
2. Newton Unfiltered Napa 2006 $42.............16pts
1. Hall Family Napa 2007 $21...................16ptsAs you can see, none were very distinctive or stood out from the group.
There were 5 tasters and 5 different first place votes. Also 4 different last place votes - wine #5 got 2 lasts but still had fewer points than #6.
Where there was a tie, the one with more first and seconds or fewer last place votes was ranked higher.
This confirmed why I don't drink merlots - I wouldn't buy any of them.
I have had good merlots from Pride ($60) and Duckhorn, but for those prices I prefer a good cab or zin.
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