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2005 Blackstone Sonoma Reserve Merlot
Vineyard: Blackstone Winery
Price: $13.78
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Varietal: Syrah
Style: Red
Region: United States > California > Sonoma County
Other Vintages: 2009 2007 2004
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  • Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines
    11% Cabernet Sauvignon; 5% Petite Sirah; 5% Syrah. Boasting the names of important grapes in its cepage, this wine contains 79% Merlot but barely speaks the name of its dominant variety. Instead, it is mild, thin and angular and absent any sense of soul. It winds up being all the things that have brought Merlot a bad name that it does not entirely deserve.