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Black Box Wines Merlot 2007

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Black Box Wines Merlot (2007)

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Winery:
Black Box Wines
Varietal:
Merlot
Region:
USA > California
Type:
Red Wine
UPC:
18434000020000

User Tags:  stone fruits, cherry, (tree) fruit, earthy, black, smooth, spicy, plum, tarts, chemical 


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Merlot has gotten a bad rap as of late but there is no denying the wine's appeal. Packed with deep, dark berry fruit and nuanced hints of cocoa, herb and earth with a soft structure. Its velvety texture makes Merlot instantly appealing and an obvious alternative to similar, more tannic Bordeaux varieties.

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Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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Dal Piaz
Hand of Snooth Voice of Snooth
7,117

The nose is fairly simple and direct with earthy, oaky tones framing leafy, tobacco tinged black fruits with hints of licorice and cocoa. Round and soft with a suggestion of orange peel on entry which is followed by a round mid-palate with a sweet, dried cherry and coca dusted quality that leads to a gently tannic, bright red cherry toned finish. 85pts.


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Snooth User: mark
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2,592

Plum and blackberry nose. Flavors are tart, with good acidity, light tannin and a hint of black olive on the finish.


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Snooth User: Philip
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Softly sweet earthy nose. Quite sweet, but with good typical merlot mouthfeel, and flavors of coffee, spice, anise. There's a manufactured quality on the mid palate, but its not too distracting. Finishes on a nice tartness of bitter cherry and plums.


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Black Box Merlot is a decent enough Merlot, though we fail to see why many people seem to hold up Black Box as the pinnacle of bag-in-box wines. The aroma is nice, with pepper, clove, and berry notes. The flavor offers some cherry and blackberry notes, with quite a bit of oak and a medium spicy finish. There’s not a lot of complexity, and the feel is a bit generic, but it’s an adequate red wine.


October 2009

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Snooth User: solomania9
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Fruity hot nose. Medium bodied and chalky in the mouth with a bright acidic finish.


November 2009

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Snooth User: sscalet
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Was very surprised by this wine, smooth, balanced, great everyday wine!


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Snooth User: dhbuckley
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I absolutely found it drinkable which is high praise for me for US available box wine. In France one can actually get truly enjoyable box wine.

Gregory, you're gonna hate me...;-) but I'd be surprised if you really meant "coca dusted"... But if you did, the sales may spike...

Be well,

David


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