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87
Scores are assigned on a 100-point scale and reflect a wine's overall quality, but don't consider price.
80 to 84 good
85 to 89 very good
90 to 94 excellent
95 to 100 outstanding
Sterling founded its reputation on merlot back in the ’80s. This has panache, with complex smoky, herbal, olive, sour red cherry–rhubarb fruit aromas. Medium weight, polished and juicy, with dry tannin on the finish. Now to 2010.
- Price:
- $16.15
- Type:
- Red
- Varietal:
- Merlot
- Vintage:
- 2004
- Region:
- Central Coast, California
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