From the Cellar
Chilean Merlot and Cab with 13 Years of Age
12 Aug 2014- Details
- Category: Uncorked Tonight
(June 30, 2014) ... Not rightly sure how I happen to have these bottles in my cellar but the other day I pulled out a Casas Del Bosque 2001 Merlot Reserve and a 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve to take to my brother's house for dinner. What possessed me to do so is a question I will never be able to answer. I opened both prior to dinner in the hopes of gauging which was drinkable (if any) ... I believe I brought a fresher backup bottle, but can't recall what it was. The Merlot was the more interesting of the two because it had developed a real smoky coffeehouse-like nose which followed onto the palate and hung on all the way to the finish. The Cabernet Sauvignon was not as fortunate to be that interesting, it was more along the lines of what I was expecting very dried fruit with hints of mocha that darted in and out when it felt like showing itself, like dealing with an impetuous child when company is over ... In the end the predominant flavours were of a cassisy-pruney nature. In spite of what Miles said about Merlot it can be an interesting wine.
