Sutter Home White Merlot 2007
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This uncomplicated blush wine from merlot grapes would be a great refresher on a summer afternoon, or served as an aperitif or digestif, perhaps with a few soft cheeses. The nose is soft and sweet with notes of cherry. The initial taste called something familiar to mind, and I had to take a few more sips to place it: remove the gentle alcoholic bite to it, and it’s almost a dead ringer for cranberry-grape juice. Most people would not call this a stellar recommendation. Then again, these people are unlikely to be found buying $5 bottles of Sutter Home which proudly bear the ambiguous region “California” on the label, anyway. So if you’re looking for something light and fruity and easy to drink to go along with an after dinner treat, or even to be an after dinner treat, and you don’t mind a lack of pretentious depth to your wine, this isn’t a bad buy.
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