L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Merlot  - 2012

L'ECOLE NO. 41

Merlot 2012

- 90 points -


Medium red. Red cherry, plum, bitter chocolate and licorice on the nose, with complicating hints of violet and pepper. Good spicy cut to the dark berry and violet flavors. Harmonious ripe acidity and an element of salinity keep the wine fresh but not green. Serious wine for $30; and there are about 5,000 cases of this juice. Clubb noted that Seven Hills provides 40% of his total production and that this fruit goes into virtually all of his wines.

Stephen Tanzer, November 2015


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