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Lunessence Merlot 2021 Wine Review

Lunessence Merlot 2021

Lunessence Merlot 2021

Okanagan Valley, British Columbia BC V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score:92/100

Community Reviews: 1

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Price: $34.99

Drink: 2023-2026

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 14.5%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Lunessence

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Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 880856
  • $34.99 
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Reviews and Ratings

Deborah Podurgiel WSET IV Candidate - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Love this plummy, soft and mellow Merlot from Lunessence Winery and Vineyards. This 2021 vintage is like drinking velvet with plushy, rich and rounded tannins. Different from the 2018 vintage in that the 2021 vintage is very approachable now and is more medium-plus-bodied than full-bodied, but so lush with ripe dark fruits, dark cherry, savoury herbs, mocha and smoky vanilla flavours that linger on the palate. Although the wine clocks in at 14.2% abv., you would hardly know it. Very moreish and so easy to love! Enjoy now or hold to 2026. Tasted August 2023.

Produced from 100% Merlot grapes that were whole cluster pressed with a portion of grapes foot trodden (40%). The wine aged 12 months in French oak barrels (12% new) and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.

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