2006 Napa Cellars Merlot

It is a bad day when the best wine you try is overpriced rubbish, but with this Merlot it was. There is a massive sweet fruit, cheap, nondescript fruit jam from a supermarket. Then coconut and a bit of mint comes off the nose. The palate has more of the mint, but very confected, and then the finish is so long and so unpleasant that you start wondering if chopping your tongue out will make the unpleasantness end. 4.5/10
July 2009