Sant'Elena Merlot 2009

About This Wine

A richly matured Merlot from the Collio area of Friuli, showing dark cherry, plum, cedar, and tobacco aromas with hints of cocoa and dried herbs. The palate is silky and evolved, balancing ripe fruit with earthy complexity and a long, harmonious finish. A refined, old-world expression of northern Italian Merlot at its peak.

Score

92 points, James Suckling.