Home   >   Latest wine reviews   >   Mercer Estates 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $28

Mercer Estates 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $28

By on December 30, 2014

mercer-estates-cabernet-sauvignon-2012-bottleA magical vintage in the hands of a talented winemaker with great fruit sources sets the table for a Cab of high style. This marked Jessica Munnell’s first vintage working for the Mercer brothers, and she incorporates a fair bit of Syrah (13%) in this melange that spent 26 months in barrel. That created an opulent and expressive nose of black cherry, black plum and raspberry licorice, clove and coffee with accents of rose petal and coffee. Inside, it’s loaded with a solid core of black fruit, bittersweet chocolate and dark toast. There’s beautiful balance with frontal tannins and a finish of blueberry acidity.

Rating: Outstanding!

Production: 2,943 cases

Alcohol: 14.5%

Winery website

About Great Northwest Wine

Articles authored by Great Northwest Wine are co-authored by Eric Degerman and Andy Perdue. In most cases, these are wine reviews that are judged blind by the Great Northwest Wine tasting panel.

One Comment

  1. Pingback: Mercer Estates rounds up top awards at Houston wine competition - Great Northwest Wine - Great Northwest Wine

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *