de Negoce Merlot OG N.90

Similar to my last note but the alcohol is getting in the way a bit. Pretty hot.

2018 vintage

Tasted thin and flat. Like it was missing something. Didn’t finish the bottle

2018 vintage

Opens with fruit and some cedar. Velvety on the palate with menthol, plum, black cherry. A little more wood than I might prefer on the finish but overall a nice wine.

2018 vintage

Dark fruits, high % on the nose. Cedar. Tasting Bright, dark cherries, plum on top with medium acid, bracing tannin but softens out after a long finish. For $13, this is a great wine !

2018 vintage

Much better on day 2. Wait another year for the next one

2018 vintage

I really love where this Merlot is at after two more years of aging. Gobs of purple fruit, new French oak that is well integrated, and a really nice finish highlight a simply outstanding value. It's really come into its own. As I wrote a couple of years ago, this isn't going to blow you away with complexity, but at $13 it really didn't need to. A simply stunning value.

2018 vintage

Notes at the pop: crowd-pleasing sweetness and malo-ferm texture riding on a sizeable wave of alcohol. Still big and firm tannins. Going to leave this open overnight and update tomorrow. Day 2: So much better with the extra exposure. The tannins now meld into the picture seamlessly and the cocktail nature of the wine has subsided a bit. I think steak tacos or carbonara would be a great match up for this.

2018 vintage

PnP. Had with spagetti and meatballs then solo after dinner. Was better with food.

2018 vintage

Second to last bottle, still tight and tannic day 1 but better day 2 with more fruit and a hint of cinnamon candy. Will save the last bottle for 2026+

2018 vintage

Decanted & poured. Great after 10 or so minutes. Versatile food match. Nice with Cambodian chicken, steak and mushrooms with garlic. Medium weight. Classic WA Merlot. Spice, berry fruit and acid with a lovely texture. This wine is really great! Yes it has wood, but I didn't taste it as being overdone as others have.

2018 vintage

Decanted. Tasted after 2 hours. Tight lots of pucker. Five hours later much more enjoyable. Betting much better with more time or longer decant

2018 vintage

Glass decant for 2 hours. Dark purple, nearly opaque color. Nose has subtle flowery perfume. The flavor was savory initially, ripe black fruits came out towards the end of hour 3. Tannins are soft and acidity is somewhat lacking for my preference. Probably needs a longer decant, or hold another year. Not my favorite dN but an acceptable weekday sipper. will check in tomorrow.

2018 vintage

I have had numerous bottles of this and enjoyed it greatly. Tonight it seems to have gone into a dumb phase. Not much fruit on the nose , just lots of wood. After several hours some fruit emerged, but not terribly enjoyable right now. Give it some time.

2018 vintage

Notes after 8 hours open. It was profound and beautiful at the pop but the bouquet dropped off dramatically after 30 minutes or so. It stayed muted and stiff for another 4 or 5 hours in a decanter before slowly unfurling again. But then it really came through with lovely aromatics and a plush mouthfeel, in no small part due to the endowment of tannins. This all seems to be coalescing with time in the bottle and air time once …

2018 vintage

Garnet to blood red/purple color. Nose is all oak. Vanilla, oak, oak, some more oak, wood, astringency, oak, and a touch of tart cranberries and red fruit if I am generous. Palate is medium bodied, low+ acidity with oak, oak, oak, blueberries, red cherries, with oak and some more oak. I could spend an hour coming up with nice various wood styles to describe this, but this is simply a wine that has been killed with oak and will never …

2018 vintage

The wine looks violet colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like banana and nutmeg. It tastes like hazelnut. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has low acidity.

2018 vintage

Peaks(?) with 4 hours of air.

2018 vintage

Drank over 3 days, first day no decant. The wine peaked on day 2 and declined a bit by day 3. Medium+ purple in the glass, bordering on opaque, clean and clear. Pleasant aroma of blackberry and oak, with mold vanilla. Alcohol was a bit heavy, but not overwhelming. Acid was appropriate, minimal bitterness, medium to medium+ tannin. Not overly complex, but satisfying. Best served at higher temperature. Excellent QPR considering I got this on sale. Not sure if this …

2018 vintage

Amazing QPR.

2018 vintage

Very enjoyable Merlot: nimble & lithe on the palate with red cherry & an intriguing taste of mint/menthol on the finish. Ready to go after a short decant & equally good on days 2 & 3.

2018 vintage

PnP. Dark inky purple in the glass. Tears are quite concentrated. The nose is incredibly inviting, with blueberry, blackberry, cigar box, and violets. Bright and juicy on the palate, with a slightly muddled gamut of very ripe black fruit. Tannins are medium and rustic, and acidity is on the line between medium and medium-plus. Very yummy, especially for the price. Edit October 2023: felt quite closed at first opening. Overnight decant left it more generous. I think it will benefit …

2018 vintage

Second bottle - better than first, updated notes 1.5 hour decant to let some alcohol hotness settle down. Purple in glass with aromas of blueberry, plum, leather, vanilla, and a slight cocoa. Similar on palate with blueberry, plum, and leather with fine-grained tannins and a low acidity. There is enough acidity to have good lift on a really full palate, so it does not feel too heavy. Long finish with blueberry, leather, and vanilla. This feel significantly more balanced than …

2018 vintage

Already fairly generous upon opening. Richly textured Loganberry fruit and a mouthwatering juiciness that saturates the palate.

2018 vintage

This was my 2nd dN wine. Decanted for 1 hr. It is a pleasant, balanced wine, but nothing exceptional. It's probably a decent deal at $15-18/bottle, but some Argentinian Malbecs in this price range have similar quality. Still not sold on dN. I will try a few other lots and see if I find something that convinces me about it.

2018 vintage

On the heels of a wonderful 2014 Tercero Mourvedre, this held its own surprisingly well. Extra dark inky ruby color with heavily stained legs on the glass, no sediment. Profound aroma featuring pipe tobacco, boysenberry pie, lavender and perfume. Palate follows through on the bouquet with light to medium tannins, medium acidity, medium-long finish, and a little chocolate added to the profile. It seemed to start off with more depth and complexity at the pop then it showed after 24 …

2018 vintage

Dark opaque purple, a little muted nose with blackberries, bramble, floral violets, a little black tea and some savory thyme. Palate is medium to medium+ bodied with dark fruit, savory herbs, silky mouthfeel, finishes long but a little onedimensional with chocolate, oak and light tannins. Pleasant wine, but won't blow your socks off.

2018 vintage

This wine gets better each time we try it. It’s drinking well now with a 3 hour decant but it’s even better on the second night.

2018 vintage

Definitely a tasty wine.

2018 vintage

smooth, well constructed, Bordeaux vibes, polished tannins, medium acidity, smooth, black fruits, decent acidity, peppery, dry tobacco. Pleasant, nice, easy drinking, medium bodied tobacco pepper finish. After 1-2 weak bottles to start, DeNegoce is kind of winning me over. Not as a high end wine, but as a solid day to day sipper of quality.

2018 vintage

Another review a year plus later. This particular bottle needed a full 24 hrs. open to come out and play. A day in getting lots of dark fruit on the nose a scent of sweetness (not sure what it is). Nice lingering tannins, on the palate get more dark fruit, maybe a bit of graphite

2018 vintage

The nose is super rich sweet tobacco with some underlying boysenberry and vanilla. Its medium soft tannins and acidity and very red-black prune fruit forward. There’s some bitterness (which I think are tannins) on the mid-palate which actually gives some balance and length to what would otherwise be too plush of a wine. It would be nice with a bacon fig jam burger. I’m inclined to think this could age a while. I dont know that I love malbecs but …

2018 vintage

Decanted for a few hours. Not sure if this wine is in a funky stage or what, but this bottle was very inconsistent with my prior experience. Either that or it was just decanted too long. Over time it became extremely oak driven and lost all of its fruit and mineral tension. Did not enjoy it this time around. Unsure what to think.

2018 vintage

Lots of vanilla, decent fruit upon opening. After being open for an hour and a half, fruit fades a bit, a bit harsh, alcohol on nose becomes more dominant.

2018 vintage

Delicious, and very impressive for a domestic Malbec.

2018 vintage

Sweet oak spice, blackberry, mint/menthol on the palate. Takes at least 2-3 hours of decant at this point. This seems, at times, to hint of cabernet or syrah as opposed to merlot. Very nice wine, great value, not terribly complex, but it checks most of the boxes. I'd imagine that this merlot will get better with age. In the end it was very enjoyable and I look forward to seeing what this develops into over time.

2018 vintage

Some soft powdery tannins and fruit came out after being open 2 hours. Good Tuesday night wine. Day 2: a bit more acid/fruit coming through, and overall more integrated. This went up notch on the crushability scale on night 2. upping rating to 90.

2018 vintage

I don't really like Malbec but this was a nice one.

2018 vintage

Decanted 1hr and this wine is stunning. Inky purple and deep garnet in the glass. Bright red fruit, a bit of smoke, touch of vanilla. This is a very well balanced Malbec — can easily standalone or pair with a fatty meat. The tannin is quite subdued after the hour. Beautiful entry and mouth fell, long integrated finish with silky, polished, tannins. I don’t know if this will appeal to Argentinian Malbec fans, as this wine leads with finesse, then …

2018 vintage

This wine has finally hit the sweet spot in balanced acidity & fruit. Very enjoyable with a few hours in the decanter. An excellent wine for a week night dinner when you want something good to defend your cellar

2018 vintage

This is my second bottle, and I'm as impressed as the first time. Superior fruit and excellent winemaking combine to create a very special Malbec. Beats the tar out of most South American takes. Deep red fruits, sweet tannins and just a fantastic balance. I'm now drinking the open 1/2 bottle after two days on the counter (ie. 5-10 years aging) and it's even better than the first night. Worth every bit of the claimed $65, at <$15 it's a …

2018 vintage

nearly opaque in the glass, alluring aromas of semi sweet chocolates, cocoa/colombian coffee, wavering notes of vanilla, pitted black cherries; smooth and fat on entry, blue/black fruits generously coat the palate; a short but sweet finish of generous fruit, gorgeous if you prefer a sweeter finish, a dollop of acidity that makes the mouth water offsetting the sweetness. Although quite approachable now, it will benefit from another year in the cellar as this bottling signals a special merlot. grassll 1885, …

2018 vintage

PnP with cheeseburgers and fries. Decent acid bite at the end gives this a leg up. Good QPR.

2018 vintage

WOW !! This is just delicious - dark, rich, luscious and bursting with dark fruit aromas ! It was really dark in the glass, and really just a wine that was chewy - in a good way - not too tannic with just very concentrated flavors. I have to say that this is exactly what I picture when I think of Malbec and it really reminds me more of an Argentine Malbec. I can only hope that Day 2 is …

2018 vintage

Opulent, rich, blackberry syrup, boysenberry, and chocolate oak. A nicely complex wine that belies it’s price point. Powerful and a big dose of oak that I believe will incorporate better with time.

2018 vintage

1 hour decant. Disclaimer - Not had a lot of Malbecs before (wife is not a fan). That being said this bottle was very appealing to even the wife (cab lover). Big, rich not over the top and lots going on the palate. Would say it was more cab like than any previous (lesser) Malbec I have had. Would buy again.

2018 vintage

Informal note on phone - Nose - Black currant, Blackberry. Oak. Palate - Black currant. Clove. Blackberry. Grippy tannins and a high crisp acidity. Long berry finish. Overall - A lot going on here. Needs a year maybe and it feels like it will really be at a good place. I think it has really good potential but a little high energy right now.

2018 vintage

Informal note on phone - Nose - Plum. Oak. Vanilla. Palate - Not well integrated on palate. Heavy alcohol. Blackberry. Plum. Spicy oak. Soft tannins. Medium acidity. Long tart berry finish. Overall - Not the best right now. Drinkable but needs time to come together. Maybe try another a year on. There may be some potential for a solid cheap cellar defender.

2018 vintage

I brought the N.90 Walla Walla Merlot and the N.102 Walla Walla Cabernet Sauvignon to my Super Bowl party. The cabernet was thin and uninteresting. The Merlot had nice dark fruit and good structure. The N.90 Merlot was the clear winner.

2018 vintage

From Denegoce: Inky and opaque in the glass. Rich aromas of boysenberry jam and blackberry syrup coalesce with succulent purple florals underpinned with french vanilla and perfectly- integrated sexy, toasty, chocolatey oak. Ripe yet supple on entry with ripe blue and black fruit folded over minerally, mildly-chewy tannins that carry this wine to a surprisingly elegant and gorgeous finish that goes on and on. This medium-full-bodied Malbec (14.5% alc.) delivers excellent complexity, a suave structure, ripe fruit and perfectly-integrated French …

2018 vintage

No rating so that I don't personally become the average score, but wow. Helluva wine with tons of energy. To those of you who bought a case, pop a cork! You will not be disappointed.

2018 vintage

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