Maybe it was evening—the sunset, the warm breezes—or maybe this was just a darn good bottle of wine! We tasted the 1999 Markham Merlot Napa Valley Reserve right out of the cellar. It was July in Virginia so it took no time to warm in the glass and reveal its stuff. I was surprised how young it looked, having had ten years in the bottle, and on a series of sniffs I picked up black cherry, blackberry, oak, coffee bean, and tobacco. Dreamy.
This wine still had some nice structure on the palate with a silky mouthfeel and finished long and firm. Oooh, that’s rather suggestive!
I suggest opening and enjoying this wine now while it’s still got the goods.
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