2014 O'Shaughnessy Estate Winery Merlot, Howell Mountain, USA Macon-Villages Caramel and butterscotch with some

Caramel and butterscotch with some figs and dried fruit

The aromas are charming

accented by subtle hints of vanilla and spice

well-defined flavors of dark berry

mint and black pepper on medium tannins and lively acidity

2014 O'Shaughnessy Estate Winery Merlot, Howell Mountain, USA Macon-Villages Caramel and butterscotch with someTASTING NOTES: The 2014 Merlot, which is 100% Merlot, is actually one of the few truly great Merlots made in Napa Valley. (Pahlmeyer nails it with another one, but there are a few others.) This wine has terrific fruit intensity, big, deep, chocolate mocha, black cherry and currant notes, and a large frame filled with extract, glycerin and juicy, chewy fruit. It is a sumptuous Merlot fruit bomb to drink over the next 10 15 years. Robert Parker's Wine