Merriam 2006 Windacre Merlot (Russian River Valley)

Country: US / Windacre
Variety: Merlot California
Winery: Merriam / Russian River Valley

A bruiser of a Merlot, dry and muscular, with green olive, blackberry, sage and smoky cedar flavors, wrapped into bigtime tannins. Even at the age of nearly 5 it’s still brooding and hard. Not an ager, but there’s something fine and polished about it now.