Taft Street Coastal Merlot 1997
Merlot
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1997
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750ML
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The different vineyards were blended to create the broadest and richest Merlot we have yet bottled. The Cabernet was medium full bodied and added a sweet black-cherry highlight. The Merlots were black and rich with tar and chocolate notes from one vineyard, ripe black olive from another and the Paso Robles fruit had a bright spiciness. Together these wines bring layers of fruit and spice balanced with sweet oak notes to a broad dark brooding Merlot. This wine is immediately accessible but will reward cellaring.
The Taft Street story began in the 1970's, when John Tierney & friend Mike Martini began making wine in Mike Tierney's garage on Taft Street. The reputation of the "garagistes" wines (referring to small lots of cult wines produced by Bordeaux winemakers in garages) spread, and family and friends bonded Taft Street Winery on April Fool's Day, 1982, in the Russian River Valley town of Forestville. Today Taft Street focuses on making wines from the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast appellations, as well as from nearby vineyards in Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valley. Our goals have not changed - make the highest quality wines; sell them at a fair price, and most of all, have fun in the process.
VWD7900430_1997 Item# 13323