Wine Tasting: Murphy Goode 2022 Merlot

Hello wine drinkers! This wine tasting features a wine from Santa Rosa, California. The wine is Murphy Goode 2022 Merlot, bought for $18.00 from Harris Teeter.

The Vivino community describes this merlot as mostly dry and soft with hints of oak, chocolate, vanilla, plum, blackberry, cherry, and raspberry. The wine is given 3.7 out of 5 stars. 

On page 131, Wine Folly, describes a merlot as medium to high bodied with medium to high tannins and medium to low acidity.  The tasting notes are plum, cherry, chocolate, vanilla and dried herbs.

This merlot smell minerally, like wet gravel.  It also smelled strongly of sugar, plum and cherry.  The taste was juicy and bright. The tastes were specifically cherry syrup, raspberry, chocolate, and oak with medium tannins and mild acidity.  

I liked this wine as one to drink on its own. It was lighter bodied than a red I would like to pair with meat.  It was very fruity and delightful on its own.  I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars on my personal rating scale because I like a more acidic, full-bodied wine.