"Odedi"

9.0

Time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday.

Purple in color with a purplish rim.

Fruity nose of black plums, black currants, oak, spices, tobacco, vanilla, licorice, light alcohol, blueberries, light earth, pencil lead, coffee, chocolates and peppercorn.

Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, licorice, oak, vanilla, chocolates, tobacco and peppercorn.

Short finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This is a young red blend from Columbia Valley. Fruit forward with a nice mouthfeel.

A good everyday wine to sip on by the porch. Easy drinking, tangy and interesting.

Good now, and will be better in a couple of years. Good by itself or with food. I paired it with cheeses and light appetizers.

A blend of 45% Merlot with Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Syrah and Grenache. Aged for 9 months in neutral oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$22. — 5 years ago

P A

9.5

Just good at the end of the day. From Fernie Cheers 🥃🇨🇦 — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

No. 5 of 9 in the Gevrey Chambertin Grand Cru bracket. Tasted blind. Showing that Gevrey Chambertin earth and muscle (even though ended up being a Charmes which gets a little less sun than Le Chambertin to its north). My notes: Cherry, Liquorice, Tar; palate staining intensity - sweet, picked later in the season? Quantity produced down as Gevrey C hit hard by the frosts. Liked this a lot. — 6 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.1

I received this wine as a gift. Apparently their tasting room in Yountville is a partnership of some sort with Ralph Lauren Home... which seems like a brilliant concept to sell furniture, etc. Lime and peach lead the way, with some tropical undertones. Plenty of salty minerality that reminds me of Albariño. — 8 years ago

Kelly Kornet

9.1

Smooth and delicious — 8 years ago

Dave Meyers

9.7

A wine that represents an extreme, but a good one. Astonishing depth and intensity. Apricot and toffee. Plenty of acid. Finish lasts forever. — 9 years ago

Jaclyn McHugh

9.5

Perfectly balanced white blend! Not too sweet, tart, acidic, etc. Would be a total crowd pleaser, and would repurchase — 5 years ago

Peg

9.6

Minerally, slight apricot tang, paired well with salmon. I really enjoyed this one — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

10

Domaine Bizot lunch today hosted by their winemaker Thomas Berry. This is a producer who’s wines are virtually impossible to find. They have 9 plots with an average yearly production at 9000 btls. Whole cluster with some new oak, very small yields & small amounts of sulphur added. Their wines are lush & pure with no intervention showing purity of fruit, sweet spices along with floral notes. They are so delicious now you can drink them young but will reward long term cellaring. (Aka Liger Belair) — 6 years ago

Ed Lehrman

9.3

Wow, this was a pleasant surprise. In perfect shape after 9 years and no oak in the wine. Plummy Malbec flavors with some nice herbs from the Cab. Plenty of acidity and life to this one. Check back in 5 years. — 6 years ago

Mark Diblin

9.2

Best Pinot Noir I have had in years. Not very dry, full bodied for Pinot, and complex. And great price at 9 to $10. — 7 years ago

Hugh O'Riordan

9.0

This 2002 trockenbeeredauslese is 9%. I don’t know how to rate this wine. It slightly oxidized in ac good way. Sweet and syrupy. Kinda heavy. Very intense flavors. Reminded me of upstate NY ice wine. The ice wine is similarly intense but lighter and fruitier. — 8 years ago

Joyce Brooks

9.5

Total wine $9–nice fullness, smooth and fruity. — 8 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.1

No. 9 Cab. Good value, popular style. — 5 years ago

Joshua Figg

9.3

Light, fruity and sweet, great dessert wine or great for a hot day! — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Only 15 acres planted with grapes grown in Rutherford (warmer with rich ripe fruit) & Oak Knoll (cooler with fresh acidity in grapes). Pale lemon, with fresh & crisp citrus & stone fruit aromas, no malolactic fermentation. Palate shows peach, apple & Asian pear flavors, with lemony & toasty notes, lively acidity & balance with touch of vanilla oak (9 months of French oak aging (25% new & 1-year old, remainder neutral oak). Long finish ending with fruit, spice & biscuit notes. Very Nice! Tasting Sample. — 6 years ago

Peter Valkenburg

9.7

It was te Grenache !
But awesome !!! — 6 years ago

Éléonore Côté-Yeung

9.1

Délicieux, tres fort en bulles, s'évapore en bouche. — 7 years ago

Richard Himes

9.2

Lovely dry sparkler — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Good Depth. Dense masculine and concentrated. Medium plus body and Intensity. More how I would identify Gevrey Chambertin Grand Cru. Biggest wine in the bracket. Dry powdery Tannins. I thought this was the Dugat Py Mazis when tasted blind and most of us were gob smacked when it was revealed as a Charmes. James Halliday who was at the tasting, and who has tasted more Burgundy than the rest of the room put together, said put this one away “for your grandchildren”. No. 4 of 9 in bracket. — 8 years ago