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Merlot!!!!

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...last night my wine tasting group of 6 tried 6 merlots blind.

Lowest points is the winner (ranked 1 for the one you like best through 6).

6. 31pts - 2010 K Stoneridge Vineyard Washington $49 (bottle may have been bad)

5. 27pt - 2011 Stags Leap Napa $32

4. 24pts - 2010 Falesco Umbria (Italy) $16 (90pts Cheap Wine Review)

3. 19pts - 2011 Chateau Taillefer Pomerol (France) $22 (Costco)

2. 15pts - 2012 Whitehall Lane Napa $20 (90pt WS) - (my wine and first choice)

1. 10pts - 2012 Decoy Sonoma $22 (my second choice)

Interesting to taste merlots from a number of different areas and find them all to taste fairly similar.

The Decoy was a big favorite - I could recommend the top 3 but it didn't really change my opinion of merlots.

Follow Ups:

RE: Merlot!!!! - jimbill 10:40:30 12/19/14 (10)
- RE: Merlot!!!! - mkuller 11:48:31 12/19/14 (9)
  - Unaware of the 75% rule in Bordeaux - jimbill 12:12:10 12/19/14 (8)
    - That's California's rule... - mkuller 15:16:57 12/19/14 (7)
      - So you pulled that one out of where??? - jimbill 21:28:27 12/19/14 (6)
        
        Here... - mkuller 10:40:10 12/20/14 (5)
        
        RE: Here... - jimbill 11:17:14 12/20/14 (4)
        
        RE: Here... - mkuller 14:57:41 12/20/14 (3)
        
        RE: Here... - jimbill 20:58:02 12/20/14 (2)
        
        RE: Here... - mkuller 21:20:12 12/20/14 (1)
        
        Good! - jimbill 15:47:14 12/21/14 (0)

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