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Fun Friday MERLOT Tasting

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Each week on Friday, our team gathers for a merlot tasting. It’s something we’ve been doing since we opened our doors in 2001, so we like to think our palettes are pretty well honed. To be clear, we ALWAYS taste merlot. No Zinfandel allowed in this bunch. After tasting, we score the wine and use this blog to tell you all about our favorites and our not so favorites (yes, they do happen). We score with 5 being the highest and 0 being the lowest score. Below is this week’s result. If you have an opinion or a favorite to suggest, please leave us a comment.
Date: September 11, 2009
Wine Provided By: Kelly Givas, Architectural Digest Magazine (Thanks Kelly!)
Vineyard: Mount Tamalpais Vineyard
Region: Marin County
Year: 2005
Price point: $28
Today’s high score: 14
Today’s low score: 12
Average score: 12.6
Stand out comments: “Nice legs!” - Jackie Taylor (Special Guest) ~ “Looks good until you taste it!” - Allison (Employee) ~ “After a glass of Champagne, this went down with ease and satisfaction.” - Kym (Employee)

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