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Fall Creek Vineyards Merlot(2005)
- Winery:
- Fall Creek Vineyard
- Varietal:
- Merlot
- Region:
- USA > Texas > Texas Hill Country
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- oak - heavy, merlot, red grape, smooth, bright, understated, (dried) fruit, mediterranean fruits, sophisticated, pork
Wine Recommendation: Fall Creek 2005 Merlot About Fall Creek Vineyards: Fall Creek Vineyards was established in 1975 by Texas businessman/rancher, Ed Auler and his wife, Susan. The vineyards are located eighty miles northwest of Austin in the Texas Hill Country where the sandy loam soil, warm days and cool breezes off Lake Buchanan provide an excellent microclimate for growing premium wine grapes. Winemaker Tasting Notes: The Merlot is a soft, smooth, and easy-drinking wine with a nice balance of bright, cherry fruit and oak. The finish is smooth and supple. This is exactly what the Merlot read more...
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Appellation America Wine Portal
- Soft, smooth, and easy-drinking....a wine with a nice balance of bright, cherry fruit and oak.
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Appellation America Wine Portal
- For a wine from Texas, this is surprisingly understated, food-friendly, and elegant. With such a warm climate and relatively new wine industry, it would be so easy to jump on the super-ripe, super-extracted, super-rich and super-oaky train. Kudos to owners Ed and Susan Auler, and their General Manager and assistant winemaker Tom Barkley, who also apply this sensibility to their Meritus, Twin Springs, Perfect 10, and Sugar Bear brands. Bright, fairly saturated ruby and moderately viscous, this varietally expressive and elegant wine has aromas of damson, fig, raisin, tar, brush, damp earth, read more...
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Source:
Appellation America
- For a wine from Texas, this is surprisingly understated, food-friendly, and elegant. With such a warm climate and relatively new wine industry, it would be so easy to jump on the super-ripe, super-extracted, super-rich and super-oaky train. Kudos to owners Ed and Susan Auler, and their General Manager and assistant winemaker Tom Barkley, who also apply this sensibility to their Meritus, Twin Springs, Perfect 10, and Sugar Bear brands.
Bright, fairly saturated ruby and moderately viscous, this varietally expressive and elegant wine has aromas of damson, fig, raisin, tar, brush, damp read more...
