2010 Org de Rac Merlot Revisited: The Early Front-Runner for Wine of the Year (Yes we know it is February)

As you may or may not remember we tried and reviewed this wine just over a month ago (to refresh your memory click here - ust click Home when you are done). We were at Bishop's Cellar this weekend and decided a re-try was in order.  As a comparison over the last month we even tried the Org de Rac Shiraz which, while a nice drinking wine (in the low to mid 80 point range), it couldn't even tie the shoes of the Merlot.

We won't get into too much detail other than to say that this South African Merlot from Org de Rac is now the early candidate for our prestigious Wine of the Year.  We know, it is definitely early but we will not lose track of this one and indeed if they do not sell out of this shortly we will be off for yet another bottle (or two) for storage for later in the year.  Seriously, it is that good. 







Highlights of the Review:

Very dark wine
Dark fruit and leather dominate the nose
Big, bold flavours of oak and plum, very dry and tannic in a good way
It is one of those $17 wines that tastes like $40. 

Love it!

	Tasting Notes:	Score:
Sight (0-5)	Deep, dark red colour	4.5
Smell (0-5)	Leather, Plum, Blackberry, Tobacco on the nose.  Very complex and very nice.	4.5
Taste (0-10)	Full bodied, balance, and big wine.  Dark fruit with oak that lingers and finishes with a tannic and tart burst.  Delicious!	9.0
	Total:	18.0 / 20  (90.0%)

We were going to keep the score the same as above from last time.  The reason being, is that we wanted to keep some consistency in our judging but then we felt like we were probably a bit tough on the colour and the taste warrants more points so a re-score was in order. 

Hey, it's our Blog we can change our minds on a whim. :)

Keep this one on your radar and.....keep on drinking!

Chris & Shannon