14 Hands, Merlot, Columbia Valley

14 Hands · Washington › Columbia Valley › United States of America

Red · Merlot
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LWIN 1976803
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84 /100
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16
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Taster #0321 · Jun 22, 2023
84/100
Ripe raspberry scents, soft with creamy mouthfeel, chocolate and dark berry flavors, nice sipping wine
2018 vintage
Taster #2375 · Nov 14, 2022
70/100
Hints of dryness, but not as dry as other Merlots I've had. Notes of dark fruit. Won't buy again, but if someone gave me a bottle I would still drink it. Not a fan but drinkable.
2018 vintage
Taster #3096 · Aug 14, 2022
80/100
Feel/taste- Soft feel no bitterness up front with med body, slight hint of concord grape. Color - Dark garnet Smell - faint
2018 vintage
Taster #8231 · Sep 4, 2021
70/100
I do not like it at all. Jami likes it. Not sure which one of us is crazy
2018 vintage
Taster #2880 · Dec 14, 2017
72/100
nose: full fruit with a little oak; palette: full mouth fruit with a definite oak finish, no depth or complexity
2010 vintage
Taster #7815 · Nov 11, 2015
94/100
Very good, tasty Cab with many different flavors
2010 vintage
Taster #4217 · Nov 24, 2013
88/100
Very delightful. Brisk red fruit, with some subtle floral accents. Good QPR and should be a crowd pleaser Merlot. Had one bottle left over from a larger event, and it was very good the next day.
2010 vintage
Taster #7496 · Nov 2, 2013
80/100
Medium light color. Light on the rim. Not fregrant. Plum taste, bitter and not very dry. Meduim body. Not very pleasent as itself.
2010 vintage
Taster #1810 · Jun 23, 2013
88/100
Fruit forward and berry-licious. Unfortunately lacking in depth, but is a clean drinking red for the summer when you're not feeling that rose.
2010 vintage
Taster #4740 · May 31, 2013
88/100
Really nice value. Fairly typical Washington Merlot profile with no shortage of oak. Well focused dark-fruit flavors. Nice mocha/cocoa aspect adds some interest, too. Good buy at $12 for sure. 88
2010 vintage
Taster #5152 · Mar 24, 2013
88/100
color: light raspberry velvet; nose: lightest trace of oak; taste: light-to-medium-bodied rounded mouth feel, cherry coke taste, yummy medium length finish with notes of dark chocolate and tobacco-flavored tannins; overall: hurrah -- a tasty, modern, and unpretentious merlot offered at a value price ($9.50/bottle at Costco)! 14 Hands beats yesterday's lackluster glass of Bogle merlot by a mile. Food-friendly profile, which I think could even pair well with Thanksgiving fare.
2010 vintage
Taster #6541 · Mar 13, 2013
nice smooth merlot. does not jump our at you and the tannins are already converted to the righteous chocolate....which is present but in a small way. not too overpowering and great with steak.
2010 vintage
Taster #8873 · Feb 17, 2013
86/100
A nice Merlot. Good Garnet color. Nice fruits including Plum, Blackberry, Red Currant, and Cherry. Medium bodied with short finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #0726 · Feb 9, 2013
90/100
Fruity, spicy, warm, full flavored. Surprisingly good
2010 vintage
Taster #0643 · Dec 16, 2012
83/100
Krugerrand $28
2010 vintage
Taster #9933 · Nov 10, 2012
86/100
A well made, easy drinking wine with appealing hints of toasty oak treatment with ample fruit.
2010 vintage
Taster #3574 · Oct 28, 2012
90/100
Luciano's tasting
2010 vintage