Meritage Wine Tasting Notes

1997 Beringer Vineyards Alluvium Blanc
Knights Valley [meritage white]
Score: 88.0
"Rich, oaky, with Chardonnay weight and velvety mouthfeel. Tremendously fruity, yet with the crisp acidity of Sauvignon Blanc, .it rides the edge between dry and off-dry. Ripe tropical fruit character, warm finish, powerful. Pair with equally flavorful foods."

1996 St. Supery
Napa Valley Meritage Red
Score: 93.0
"A classic Bordeaux-style blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignnon, 9% Cabernet Franc and 4% Merlot, the '96 St. Supery Meritage offers up rich, concentrated blackberry and cassis fruit, with some light spice, hints of vanilla, smoke and dark chocolate, with firm well-integrated tannin, outstanding balance and a long, very fruity and complex finish."

1996 Boeger
El Dorado Meritage Red Wine
Score: 88.0
"A powerful wine, well-balanced wine, the Boeger Meritage is a blend of Bordeaux grape varieties that combine to offer deep blackberry fruit, bittersweet dark chocolate and smoke character. A high level of fruit and persistent intensity carries the finish. "

1997 Dry Creek Vineyard
Sonoma County Meritage
Score: 92.0
"Another marvelous meritage from Dry Creek. Lush wild berry, cherry, cedar and nutmeg, moderate tannin, spicy, with a fruity drying finish. Complex and well-balanced. Pair with game and lamb now, beef and veal parmigana when it has a few years under its belt."

Boeger
El Dorado Meritage
Score: 87.0
"Dense, plummy with some sweet spices, moderate tannin and a chewy fruity finish. Slightly closed in the nose, it really opens up in the finish. Pair with steak, beef stew, beef stroganoff."