The Yoakim Bridge Winery is located in Healdsburg, CA (www.yoakimbridge.com) in the wonderful Sonoma County wine region. After a recent tasting, several authors on this page felt that this was a nice merlot, leathery & fruit forward, with sharper tannins and more oak hints.
Yoakim Bridge describes it as "Yoakim Bridge 2005 Dry Creek Valley Merlot: Gallaway VineyardSourced from Brian Gallaways' West Dry Creek vineyard, the same as our renowned Merlot from 1999. This cherry scented fruit is more tropical and less herbal, or Cabernet like, than the 1999, probably because at David's suggestion Brian removed some of the surrounding forest to increase the amount of total sunlight. It is unlike any Merlot that we have ever tasted and is more reminiscent of a fine Pinot Noir. It should age extremely well, but is delicious today with salmon, sea bass, shellfish, and roast duck. We dare the character Miles from the movie Sideways to try this wine!!"
Our authors suggest the same, try this wine. The price shows at $36 per bottle on Yoakim Bridge Wineries website.
Enjoy!
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