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Vineyard: Dalton
Wine: Merlot, 1999
Type: Dry Red


This Merlot has been aged in oak casks for 14 months. It is light and mellow with a very soft aroma and very light, tender, taste.

The merlots that we drink are never 100% merlot. If they were, there would be too much of a risk that the taste would either be too bland or too sharp -depending on the quality of the harvest. Merlot and cabernet sauvignon grapes respond well as a blend. The secret to a great merlot is finding the proper proportions and blend. This Dalton Merlot '99 is a 90% / 10% blend.

I think that it is too soft and too flat. It would be much better to have an 80% / 20%.

This wine is very disappointing. To be honest, it tastes like a merlot - an average, simple merlot.

Rated: 6

Size: 750 ml
Price per bottle: NIS 49 at Rose Wine, Shuk Kenyon, 90 Agrippas St., Jerusalem, 02-624-8961
NIS 50 at Mendel, 218 Ben-Yehuda St., Tel-Aviv. 03-6044672
Case: 12 bottles.
Micah Halpern is the eLuna.com wine reviewer. See other articles and reviews by Micah Halpern.
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