Review: 2014 St. Francis Merlot Sonoma Valley Reserve
Don’t let them tell you that merlot is dead. St. Francis’s 2014 Sonoma Valley bottling is loaded with character, starting with floral aromatics and, on the palate, gentle leather and tobacco notes. After a slug of modest tannin the wine bursts forth with blackberry and rhubarb character before revealing some lingering coffee notes on the finish.
A- / $40 / stfranciswinery.com
2014 St. Francis Merlot Sonoma Valley Reserve
$40
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