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Smith & Hooper Reserve MerlotDeep red with a crimson hue. This is an enthralling wine with aromas of ripe plum and warm chocolate, gently warmed spices, panforte and wintergreen. The palate is full and generous, bursting with creamy oak, lashings of Satsuma plum, boysenberry, blackcurrants and choc mint. The mid palate is seductive with velvety tannins, and the wine finishes with intensity and structure. A large portion of this wine is created by fermenting berries in the barrel.

as well as pair beautifully with any number of desserts

the 1999 has lost most of its baby fat and is at the early part of its drinking window

Blends richness and vivacity with a deft hand and finishes extremely long and gently tannic

100% chardonnay

creamy-textured palate

while reasonably persistent

58% of the wine is from the 2016 vintage

fruity palate

97 points - William Kelley

black raspberry compote and red plum

but everything pulls together on the finish

as well as irresistibility rather than over-the-top sweetness