Delicato Merlot

“Affordable Mixed-Case-Red-Tasting - Part I” (non-blind), in September 2013: Screw cap. The wine was bright medium ruby in colour and offered an artificial nose of red fruit, candies, very green notes, a slight bitterness and sulphur. On the palate the thin, medium- to light-bodied wine showed artificial red fruit flavours on the initial attack, then the flavours disappeared almost completely, leaving behind no mid-palate and a sour, bitter and herbaceous aftertaste, paired with a touch of residual sugar, medium-level acidity, …