Grapes of Roth Merlot 2002

A full-bodied, rich, structured wine that's all about upfront fruit and bold structure.

100% Merlot Deep red almost black in color. The aroma bursts of ultra ripe fruit, cedar and fine leather. The air is filled with fruit of blackberry, plums and currents with some licorice. The Mouth-feel is lush, concentrated yet extremely elegant and classic. There are layers upon layers of ripe velvet tannins balanced by wonderful berry notes and supported with some toasty oak. The finish goes on and on with complex mocha, black chocolate and elegant sweet berry notes. This is a concentrated classic Merlot that has tremendous aging potential but is ripe and full to be enjoyed early on. The nose read more...is offered a stunning amalgamation of fresh plum, dried cranberries, soy, Syrah-like bacon fat, beef marrow, blood pudding, and iodine. Had I been told it were a 7-to-9-year-old Right Bank Bordeaux, I might well have believed it, and for all of its young age and its layered profundity, it is improbably drinkable. The palate is marked by expansive flavors of black and red fruits, mean, and minerals. The wine exhibits plushness and elegance, offering a seemingly paradoxical sense of weightlessness allied to enormous richness and palate saturation. Its finish is superbly long, with deep marrowy, minerally undertones, faint plum pit bitterness, and persistently bright, juicy, slightly tart berry fruit. - Wine Advocate    (hide)

November 2008

The Wine Advocate rating: 92

November 2008

Cherry and leather on the nose. Perfectly aged - silky, mineral, soft and supple. Light tannins and delicate for a merlot. Very nice long finish.

• Tags:
• Long Finish
• Well aged
• Silky
• Fruity

October 2008