"Odedi"

9.1

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Deep ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Red fruits on the nose with spices and dark chocolate notes.

Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with black plums, currants, light oak, coffee, herbs, chocolates, licorice, spices, light earth, black pepper, tobacco leaf and black tea.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This is very tasty Merlot from Saint Emilion. Complex and rich. Nicely balanced, fruit forward and elegant.

This 5 year old Merlot based blend is still young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly, but already drinking nicely.

Interesting enough to drink as a sipping wine, or with food.

A blend of 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc. Aged in (50% New) French Oak barrels for 16 months.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$60. — 8 months ago

Chris McClellan

9.0

Enjoyable RBB...plush, yet acid and tannin ever present..amazing nose, long and dirty/rocky finish...new producer for me..85% merlot... — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.2

Robe jaune clair
Nez terpène chaud crémeux voir pralin
Bouche ample mais avec de la tension legere mou en milieu de bouche puis rebondit sur un fruit mûr avec de la chaire — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose needs 45 minutes to settle down. Nice fruit. Not at all severe for an extra brut. Good crunchy mineral finish. — 7 years ago

Narelle Burke

9.4

A fabulous red wine from burgundy...it is our favourite wine district in France! — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Red cherry, plum fruits, with baking spices, cinnamon, mineral, forest floor & dried rose petal. I like its purity, balance & silky texture. — 8 years ago

Antonio Claudio Tarre

9.2

I had a bottle of this wine a while ago and it was spectacular: 94pts. The second, which I drank a few weeks ago, was very good, but not as good as the first one, but still pretty decent: 90 pts. On average 92. A fine claret by the owners of Cheval Blanc. — 9 years ago

Jeanette Grosman

9.2

Velvet fruits, very little tannin, lingering after taste — 9 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.5

Youthfully aromatic with dark flowers and black fruits, framed by toasty oak. Medium+ bodied, lovely balance and great length, this still needs to shed some of its sweet, grainy tannins in order to get to the next level, but it will. — 11 years ago

Luke Wright

9.4

Fantastic. Wish I had bought two of them. — 11 years ago

Chris Buggy

9.1

Raspberry, blackberry, currant, big thick mouthfeel, long finish, tannins for days, but put together…you need something big to eat with this one, and luckily I had just the thing-pigs foot stuffed with sweetbread and foie gras — 9 months ago

with Jennifer

Carter White

9.4

Comes out earthy and a touch funky, which fades with time open, leaving behind pure brambly berry fruit. Delicate, with good concentration and length. — 4 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.2

Strolled into Trader Joe’s; the shelf was stocked with this. Couldn’t believe it. Picked up another half case. This is a phenomenal bordeaux and one of the best QPRs around. Haven’t tasted in a year and it’s just as memorable. Lots of great mushroom and sweaty gym socks with a dusty, tannic finish. Perfect example of a phenomenal wine at sub-$20 that drinks at 3-4x the price. — 7 years ago

Ekasit Poositranusorn

9.2

Big WOW! I tasted this wine in September 2018 at the event held by the French embassy at Central World in Bangkok, Thailand; the wine did not impress my tounge at all. However, I bought 2 bottles because a friend of mine imported it. Today (Jan 18, 2019), the wine tasted very delucious after 30 minutes of breathing. Very flavorfull of cherry, blackberry, plum, and tobacco together with soft tannins and silky & reasonable length on the finish. The color is intense but bright ruby red color with medium-to-full-weight which is goes well with medium & sexy acidity. Very good value, excellent balanced, and savory wine to pair well with medium spicy Thai dishes. — 7 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Lots of plumy fruit flavors. Hints of cola and tobacco. A bit young but quite good for the price point. A little astringent alcohol on the finish, but bottle age should smooth that out. Excellent value for a CDP. Revisited in February 2020. As predicted, the astringency has mellowed out. Wine comes out of the bottle very fruit forward, but the organics come to the surface in short order. Thank you Keith S. — 8 years ago

Petr Jonak

9.0

Svetovy duel vin Hustopece, 25.11.2017 — 8 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Starts with a great nose! Powerful, well structured wine. Peppery. Dark fruit with slowly developing tannins. — 9 years ago

with Tammy

Aylin Ulku

8.9

Tasty. Perhaps a little early to drink now. — 10 years ago

J M

9.0

Got it at Costco. Light body with full flavor. A bit earthy in a good way. — 11 years ago

Erik Sjolund

8.9

Very easy. Not too strong or complex, but nice. And there are tannins. Hints of red fruit. — 12 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.0

Smokey, meaty, good acid. Still quite harsh, tannic. — 3 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.1

2020 vintage. You can't go wrong with Jaboulet these days! Black fruit, wild flowers and pepper. Medium-bodied, juicy and spicy with ripe tannin, finishing with dark chocolate and roasted coffee beans. Abv. 13,5% — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Love this style of wine. Nose jumps out at you with bright cherry fruit, spice, loads of minerals and lovely forest floor. Ripe and lurid. Soupy in the best way. Really airy, high toned and just so aromatic. Very impressed. Palate is sweet and succulent with very impressive tang and length. A haunting opulent and terrific texture adds to the allure. Fresh and juicy with terrific energy and purity. Long with superb powdery tannins. — 5 years ago

Pat Taylor

9.0

The nose is different. Much more woodsy and less fruit than I’d have imagined. The flavour profile was blackberry based and again, some wood. Some eucalyptus and green grass. Also some wet soil and cloves. The tannins weren’t a punch in the face by any means, but also haven’t haven’t completely softened as you might expect in a ten year-old. The palate was uninspiring as there was a watery-ness in the mid palate. I’m not sure whether this is over the hill or just not quite there yet and in a dumb phase? Will wait and see for the final two bottles. Solid, I guess. Not yet amazing. — 7 years ago

Olivier Huguenin

9.3

Grand vin!!! Du velours, concentré, profond, complexe, très long. Tout est harmonieux, sans jouer dans l’excès. La grande classe! — 8 years ago

Peter C

9.4

So glad I loaded up. Just gets better and better. — 8 years ago

with Cher

Justin Fetridge

9.3

2006. This was beautiful from pop and pour . It got even better three hrs in . The nose is to die for and the palate is divine. Def don't serve to warm or to cold. It needs it perfect serving tenp. 30 minutes in a fridge does it — 9 years ago

Logan

9.4

75% merlot 25% cab franc — 10 years ago

Anthony Iandoli

9.1

Our favorite bottle so far — 11 years ago

Jeff Sidwell

Owner Bon! Gourmet

8.9

Really good for 2011 tightly wound let it breathe 85/15 merlot to franc — 11 years ago