Tres Palacios Merlot Family Vintage

Vivid black plums, with a touch of spice--lots of fruit. After about half an hour in the glass, these vanish and are replaced by flavors and smells of charred fatty beef, with subtle citrus notes. If you can get this at a good price--I found it on sale for less than $10 a bottle--and you're hosting a large gathering (in a non-pandemic year) and looking for something that unsophisticated wine drinkers will love without insulting more sophisticated drinkers, this would …