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Dan Aykroyd 2005 Cabernet Merlot

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80 to 84  good
85 to 89  very good
90 to 94  excellent
95 to 100  outstanding
Price Description
New listing. The wine is currently being made at Lakeview while Dan Aykroyd’s own winery is being built. Debut vintage shows fairly ripe currant-beet fruit, earth, tobacco and dried herbs (it is Bordeaux-like). Medium weight, austere, dry tannin, with an oaky finish. Some acetone as well.
Price:
$16.95
Type:
Red
Varietal:
Cabernet Merlot
Vintage:
2005
Region:
Niagara Peninsula
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