Hello wine community!
This wine tasting features the Flora & Stone merlot wine from Mendocino County, California. This bottle was bought at Aldi in Christiansburg, Virginia, for $6.99. There is no vintage listed on this wine which was the same case for the last bottle of wine I bought from Aldi.
Jon Thorsen, a publisher of the Reverse Wine Snob, describes this wine as "a bit sweet" but "decent enough." The aromas noted by Thorsen include black cherry, licorice, and oaky spice. He also says the merlot "ends dry, medium-long, and a bit grippy."
Before I get into my own review, it is important to note that I had a cold when doing this tasting so my taste and smell both felt dulled. Continuing on, per my own swirl and sniff the primary aroma (p. 28, Wine Folly) in this wine is ripe cherry, and a tertiary aroma is subtle oak. I had a hard time picking up on more aromas in this wine.
I used a stemmed wine glass, $2.00 from Walmart, to taste this wine. The shape of the glass resembles the medium red wine glass shape on page 39 of Wine Folly. I like a stemmed glass because it makes the drink experience feel more special than a stemless glass which feels more like an everyday glass. The Flora & Stone merlot tasted like plum, dark cherry, vanilla, and a slight bitter aftertaste which could have been the clove described on the back label of the bottle. I would say this wine has a medium dryness, a little acidity, and medium body.
As a $7.00 bottle of red wine, I would definitely get this bottle of wine again to go with a pasta dish in the future. I think that I also will be re-tasting this bottle when I do not have a sickness that affects my smell and taste.
Cheers!
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