1999 McCray Ridge Merlot ~ Two Moon Vineyard
Wine Enthusiast ~ 93
A very good
Merlot, with near-perfect fruit, balanced between blackberries and
olives...
The wine has the elusive quality of elegance.
(September
2002. Steve Heimoff)
The
Santa Rosa Press Democrat ~ * * *
Complex. Vibrant.
Sweet, yet modest cherry & black cherry
fruit flavors.
A young wine; will age well.
(March 13, 2002)
Colorado
Wine News
Aromas of
chocolate, smoke, black raspberry; blackberry, and currant. All continue on to the fairly big palate, which adds cinnamon
and plenty of fine tannin before a short, medium broad finish. Very Nice
now, it should be even nicer in a year when the tannins will be in better
balance.
(April-June,
2002)
| Competitive
Awards:
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Gold Medal |
2002
Los Angeles County Wines of the World |
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Silver Medal |
InternationalEastern Wine Competition |
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Silver Medal |
2002
Grand Harvest Awards Wine Competition |
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Silver
Medal |
2002
San Diego National Wine Competition |
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Silver Medal |
Finger Lakes International Wine Competition |
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Bronze Medal |
Orange County Fair Wine Competition |
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Gold Medal |
Package
Design: Best Use of Art, 2002 San Diego National Wine Competition |
Wine
& Spirits ~ 87
Big, black and impenetrable. At
first it seems super-ripe, if not bruised.
But time shows it to be solid, dense, with black cherry and
apple-skin character hinting at edges.
More time will tell; cellar it.
(June,
2002. Joshua Greene)
Connoisseur’s
Guide ~ 87
& 1
puff
If showing a certain kinship to its older sibling
(the 1998) by way of body and a note of finishing toughness, this bottling
is deeper and more consistent in fruit with a bit of succulence missing in
the 1998. It ends a bit
bluntly just now, but we like its chances
for improvement.
(May,
2002)
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