2008 Northstar Merlot

Merlot - 750ML
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CG 93 WA 91 WE 91 WS 90
CG 93

Connoisseur's Guide, March 2012

The more widely available of the Northstar pair it may be the less flamboyant partner but if so it is not by all that much. Indeed it is arguably a fair bit more approachable than its vintage sibling and while trodding...
WA 91

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, August 2011

The 2008 Columbia Valley Merlot offers up aromas of balsam wood spice box tobacco violets cassis and blackberry. Savory on the palate if slightly austere another 1-2 years of bottle should fill the wine out. It will drink...
WE 91

Wine Enthusiast, December 2011

This wine gets the all-star treatment blending fruit from 14 vineyards and aging it in 60% new French oak. It's a substantial muscular effort with dark fruit earth and tar components. A small addition of Petit Verdot...
WS 90

Wine Spectator, November 2011

Prickly tannins and a tang of acidity play against blackberry and cedary spice flavors in this firm red which is nicely filled out finishing with persistence. Drink now through 2015. -HS

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Merlot
Country USA
Region Washington
Sub-region Columbia Valley
Vintage 2008
Size 750ML