Happy Sunday! I wish it was a fun day, but alas I spent much of the afternoon working, but at least it's now wine-thirty and I'm ready for a glass and a nice dinner! Tonight I've opened a bottle of a recent wine club shipment from Forgeron Cellars, the 2018 Merlot. This vintage is a 100% Merlot from the Minnick Hills Vineyard in the Walla Walla AVA of Washington, so let's see how it's tasting!
The wine is a deep ruby color in the glass with nice clarity, just as you might expect from a pure Merlot. The nose is a cascade of ripe red fruit, raspberry, currant and cherry intermingled with some earthy forest notes. The taste is a rush of fruit up front, cherry and currant that transitions nicely to some notes of dried herbs and dark chocolate midpalate. The tannins as bright and well integrated for the long, smooth dry finish that lingers on the palate.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 8.5, as it's a very nice example of this often ignored varietal, that I just happen to love. This wine would pair well with a broad range of dishes, from lamb to braised short ribs to pasta. Tonight I am taking the road less traveled and enjoying this wine with some chicken and vegetable green curry over jasmine rice. Cheers!
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