"Odedi"

9.2

Time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Here's a delicious one from Israel.

Inky in color with a short reddish/brick rim.

Fruity nose with blackberries, blueberries, black plums, cooked cherries, vanilla, light cedar, spices, cola, tobacco leaf, black tea, alcohol, coffee, milk chocolates, light herbs and black pepper.

Full bodied and bold with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and fruity on the palate with cooked plums, black currants, coffee, cedar, vanilla, spices, earth, milk chocolates, tobacco, peppercorn and light vinaigrette.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a wonderful Merlot blend from Israel. Showing nice complexity and well balanced with a great mouthfeel. Really enjoyed the nose here, even after a few minutes out of the bottle.

This four year old is already yummy right out of the bottle, but better after a couple of hours in a decanter.

I've had this before, and this time I decided to give it a slight chill, and boy it was delicious.

Nice buttery mouthfeel, even looks buttery when poured. Drinking very nicely now.

Very tasty and fruit forward. Dark, extracted and rich. Feels like a Napa Bordeaux blend.

A blend of 42% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 12% Petit verdot and 26% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged for 18 months in French Oak barrels. Unfiltered and Kosher. Mevushal.

15.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$65. — 5 years ago

Ashley Ho

8.9

Wine + Doctor Who + Shiloh — 10 years ago

CJ Neagle

9.7

Great combo of sweetness of resling with the oak of a can franc — 11 years ago

Duane Nicolette

9.5

Very smooth taste, wonderful to drink. — 12 years ago

Porkys mom

9.4

Drinking with Laura and Christina — 5 years ago

Daniel Cohen

9.0

Very nice. Deep warm purple fruit — 9 years ago

Molly

9.4

The first time I've liked a merlot — 9 years ago

Allison (A Glass After Work)

9.4

The wine needs to breathe a little, but the wait will be rewarded. It's a complex, although still young red that gives a good name not only to kosher wines, but affordable red wines in general. — 11 years ago

Kei Kasper

9.7

Enjoying a glass right now. — 12 years ago

Steph Anie

8.9

Cherries, strawberries and hints of clove (back label) — 9 years ago

Todd Cutler

9.1

Full bodied, well balanced, good quaff! — 9 years ago

with Sally

Tony Napolitano

9.4

This is for the cabernet merlot blend, which I had at Herzog Winery's restaurant. It was an absolutely fantastic bottle that went very well with our steak. Full-flavored for sure. I hope to find this bottle again. — 10 years ago

Ma Rk

9.6

Good stuff. Very jammy. — 11 years ago

David Nemoyten

8.9

Very nice smooth cherry overtones slightly woody and a tinge of spice — 13 years ago