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2003 Santa Ema Reserve Merlot
$9.99-ish

Wine label said:
The Santa Ema Reserve Merlot is a very elegant wine, deep red in color with violet nuances. Its aroma shows the perfect combination of prunes, blackberries, soft cassis and barrel attributes such as toffee and chocolate. Easy to drink, this is a balanced and rounded wine.

WebWino says:
If there is a trend in 2003 Chilean Merlots… it’s news to me. I stopped being the Merlot fanatic years ago. No, not because of that movie, I simply moved on, branched out. Just like I moved on from the Mad Dog 20/20 and Boones Farm of my youth and the Franzia boxed wines of my middle youth. Don’t get me wrong, I still love my Merlots, but they just aren’t the end all be all for me anymore.

One thing I haven’t moved on from is that on occasion, I just want to get to dranking (said with my best southern drawl). Yep, sometimes I just wanna drank. This bottle of Santa Ema Merlot fit the bill. No decanting, no aerating, no swirling… just dranking.

Even in my haste, I couldn’t help but notice the berry flavors. And whattaya know, I really did enjoy the wine. And not just for the speed with which I drank it. Hee. If there is such a thing as a grapey Merlot, this is it. I look forward to taking my time with it some day.

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