Consistently one of Napa Valley's classiest merlots, the Cakebread Merlot is an especially rich example of the variety. Delicious now, this lavishly flavored, complex Merlot will benefit from another 3-5 years' cellaring. The Cakebread Cellars Merlot Napa Valley, blended with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon, is an especially rich example of the variety. It displays ripe blackberry and black plum aromas with secondary scents of vanilla and dark coffee characteristics. Lush and full-bodied, showcasing luscious blackberry, plum and boysenberry flavors that segue into a long finish featuring spiciness, elegant, refined tannins, and crisp underlying acidity. The grapes for the Merlot come from two classic Napa Valley regions: the cool-climate Carneros district in the southern valley, which delivers bright fruit with crisp acidity, and the mid-valley region, whose warmer temperatures produce riper, richer fruit with juicy berry and plum flavor
Matt Schwartz
Perfectly in it’s drinking window! Soft tannins, dark fruit character. Very expressive wine. Smells of dirt, decomposing leaves, blackberry, leather, slight tobacco box. I am so glad I waited to drink this one. If you have this wine in this vintage, now is the time!
Perfectly in it’s drinking window! Soft tannins, dark fruit character. Very expressive wine. Smells of dirt, decomposing leaves, blackberry, leather, slight tobacco box. I am so glad I waited to drink this one. If you have this wine in this vintage, now is the time!
9.3Sean Trapani
Founder/Educator Wine Fluent, Consultant ABC Fine Wines & Spirits
(**) Well balanced wine. Black plum, buttered toast and violet. Needed about 30 minutes to air out the alcohol, then perfect.
(**) Well balanced wine. Black plum, buttered toast and violet. Needed about 30 minutes to air out the alcohol, then perfect.
9.2Jaye Bunn
Snowy winter day making beef stew.
Snowy winter day making beef stew.
9.3John Cowling
Very yummy Merlot
Very yummy Merlot
9.0Robert Schofield
Paired well with a rustic meatloaf and mashed spuds.
Paired well with a rustic meatloaf and mashed spuds.
8.9Max Sander Byfuglin Jr
Cakebread 2010 merlot --- it's above average.
Cakebread 2010 merlot --- it's above average.
8.6Sam Shepard
You stink
You stink
7.7Ellis Singer
Delicious dry merlot
Delicious dry merlot
9.6Kerry Dineen
Nice.. A birthday present from Connor!
Nice.. A birthday present from Connor!
8.7Diane Sharple
Wow, wonderful, earthy Merlot, which is my least favorite of reds. This will make you reconsider while enjoying every sip!
Wow, wonderful, earthy Merlot, which is my least favorite of reds. This will make you reconsider while enjoying every sip!
9.0WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.