Name: Canoe Ridge - Canoe Ridge Vineyards - Columbia Valley Merlot
Variety: 100% Merlot
Region: Walla Walla, Washington
Country: USA
Year: 2015
Price: $6.95
Vivino Tasting Notes: Bold, dry, middle of the road tannic quality compared to smoothness, and middle of the road acidic quality compared to softness. Reviewers pointed out an aroma of baking spices, oak, and dried fruits tasting notes of toffee, black cherry, pepper, and cocoa, with a smooth and bold mouthful, while leaning towards the lighter side body wise. - Vivino Comments and Taste Characteristics
Wine Folly: pg 131 Merlot - Plum, cherry, chocolate, dried herbs, and vanilla, with a full body, and mild acidity, are described as being typical of this style - however, dried herbs and chocolate were no where to be found, or quite buried.
pg 298 Washington Merlot - This varietal was the first to put Washington on the map for wine in the 1990s. The varietal has proven to be especially well-suited for the region's extreme diurnal shifts and makes rich, full-bodied wines with pure cherry fruit flavor and subtle mint notes on the finish. The varietal from this region typically has notes of black cherry, spiced plum, baking spices, violet, and mint.
My review: I - was not very pleased with this merlot, it was light, light in a way that you wouldn't desire from opening a bottle of red wine. Light in a way that is almost offputting. In a way that would make you question why you would buy this. It's flavorful, don't get me wrong, the tannins are there in full force, backed up by dried berries, black currants, hints of tobacco, white pepper, and cocoa. But, I almost fell like, having had this right before the Tonel 46 Malbec, it just doesn't compare. It's a wine that really should have been benched for something else that would hold it's own a little more against the next team player. For the price, I would drink this wine, I would cook with this wine, but I would not seek out this wine.
No food was had, while tasting this wine.
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