Tinhorn Creek, Merlot, Okanagan Valley

Tinhorn Creek · British Columbia › Okanagan Valley › Canada

Red · Merlot

Critics

84 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

84.6

Avg Score

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Clear medium read. Pleasant aged cassis and pine nut nose. Dry light black fruit flavours and a dry light finish.

2007 vintage

Bill's, to make sure BC gets represented at this tasting. Comfortably aged with light, warm fruit.

2007 vintage

Fucking awesome from Costco Calgary

2016 vintage

Fruity

2016 vintage

A medium ruby Merlot that was star bright with clear edges. Aromas included caramelized sugar and green bean. It had a medium body, which I found thin for a Merlot. The tannins were medium-minus and quick to dissipate. Acidity was medium-minus, which was acidic enough for balance. The wine had thick, slow legs (14% ABV) and was bone dry. It was a bit spicy on the palate, with plum being the dominant flavour. There was definite oak aging. Overall, this …

2016 vintage

lots of freshly sprinkled vanilla over cassis, green bean, hint of dill. Mid weight, sweet, soft tannins but not flabby.

2010 vintage

Alcohol threw balance off. Nice tannins. Nose showed high alcohol content (14.7%)

2010 vintage

Nose light fruit and some dark coffee like quality - light though. Palate - well - maybe i paired wrong with food - but ouch on the acid level and the hot ETOH level. Not great. Did try with some blue cheese and other appropriate food pairing after awhile for fun and did mellow...made it a little smoother and brought out some carmel coffee quality on the finish. Otherwise light to medium bodied, light cherry/strawberry notes...this is ok, but not …

2007 vintage

Surprisingly nice bottle of BC Merlot for $18. May need another year or two in the cellar to round out, but delicious with medium complexity and medium to full body. Nose of coffee and dark berries. Finish should improve with time.

2007 vintage

Opened and served right away. Deep ruby red but showing some browning at the rim. Nose of black fruits, cedar, coffee beans and hints of earth. On the palate flavours of coffee beans, black currants and dark cherries. Medium acidity, mouth drying tannins, medium to full body with medium length finish that gives some heat and a blast of dark plum. Drink now and for the next few years. Good.

2007 vintage

Did not taste

1998 vintage

Med rubyk, faint rims, corked!, but shows better fruit/oak ratio than before

1998 vintage

Med, dark ruby, aroams of spicy oak (lots), caramel, toast, some nice earhty plum, weedy green streak, b2+, a2, t2+, too much charred wood, else quite good, d6, too much wood! (2.5)

1998 vintage

Med ruby, slight orange rims, caramelly oak, green vegetable, reduced red fruit, b2, a2, t2+, decent on the palate but too much oak, d6, passable but still too much wood!

1998 vintage

Thick med ruby, aromas of plum, spice, toasty oak, brown sugar, b3, a2+, t2+, nice plummy fruit is overshadowed by too much wood, day 2, too much exotic oak, fruit is there but overpowered

1998 vintage

Nice & clear med ruby, aromas of plum, berry, lots of charred oak, b2, a2, t2, a bit think lots of smoky oak, delicate fruit in background, simple, pleasant enough, day 2, aromas of chocolate, toast coffee, faint berry, b2+, a2+, t2, fuller body, bit chalky, bit of sweet plum peeks through, still too much wood

1998 vintage

Dense med ruby, aromas of plum, toasted oak, charred oak dominates nose, B3+, A2+, T2, slightly green, plummy fruit, lots of toast, tad bitter on finish, mild tannins, soft & round, day 2, a bit more herbal green component, more tannic (3) as well

1998 vintage

Very nice, round, has finesse, good balance, drinking well now

1998 vintage

started off uninspiringly nutty but opened up to flinty cherry

1998 vintage

Red, subdued aromas of toasty oak, subtle spicy fruit, smooth & soft, med body, good balance, soft tannins, a bit oak heavy but pretty good overall, day 2 soft, inviting, oaky aromas, with better fruit, slight green streak, good dose of tanins on finish

1998 vintage

Closed down at the moment, not much fruit, nice and round at first but short & thin on the finish, minimal tannins, much better next day, ripe & round, still not much fruit but nice

1998 vintage