Bonny Doon I Am Not Drinking Any $%&•! Merlot

It would seem to be a cold day in climate changed santa cruz that a merlot would pass the portals of bonny doon vineyard. And yet… One must (as painful a proposition as this might be) remain open to the possibility that the the cepage that dare not speak its name might (gasp) be somehow not just bearable but in fact utterly delicious – soft luscious and plush (not not in a slatternly way) wellstructured and even dare i say reasonably complex. You may well be looking at me sideways for saying it but i will be drinking some $%&*#! Merlot. Tasting notes medium ruby color with a lovely dusty aroma of fraise de bois and licorice and gingerbread with the subtlest suggestion of garrigue de provence. (i suspect that’s the cabernet franc.) the aromatics continue to build as the wine evolves in the glass. Seemingly light on the palate when first opened the wine builds in amplitude in the glass with more air. The merlot has wonderful natural acidity (go figure!) medium tanni