Abbott Williams – colorful entrepreneur, raconteur, inventor, Wyoming cowboy, casanova ... to the success of St. Clement Abbott’s Vineyard, whose high pH levels and rocky clay soils enable Merlot to express its velvet charm. The Abbott’s Vineyard Merlot fills the glass with blackberries and cherries. It is a wine of great intensity and romance, not unlike the founder of Abbott’s Vineyard...

Slightly grassy, very little fruit on the nose. Nice slightly creamy texture.

Color: Dark garnet Nose: Lots of black and blue fruit and some tannins are detectable. Very good. Palate: One of the few 100% Merlot's that I've liked. This is a very good wine, filled with a lot of fruit from the nose, but also some cherry at the end and ...

Color: Dark garnet Nose: Much bigger fruit than the Abbott's this is still quite good with similar dark fruit on the palate and cherry on the nose. Some toasty oak. Palate: Quite good, I think the Cab adds some structure to this wine, but it is still a bigger fruity wine. The structure isn't as refined as the Abbott's Merlot but I still like it. With this much Cab in the mix, it could...