Clear thinnish ruby with–what’s this?–bricking edges?!? Oh well, it IS 2010, so practically a cellar-archive. And… in honour of National Merlot Day–wait, you didn’t know it was National Merlot Day?!?!? Horrible thin cheap-fruit/too much PMBS/cloying/dreadful nose of what, I don’t know–just cheap wine–just bad wine people who have never had an actual good wine in their life drink. Chemical-ly and weirdly smokey and reeking of Stainless Steel and nylon bags of oak-sawdust. Tasting it really presents nothing much more than what the nose decried. This blistering fruit-less liquid splashes on your tongue and flows down your throat in a way which makes you look around the room for the nearest OSHA-Approved eye-wash station. The waiter asked if there was something wrong with it. The problem is, there is nothing *technically* WRONG with this bottle. Only the people who drink it. Made by Ancient Peaks–which I actually AM a fan of–and considering all of the other Paso-plonk on the tourist-menu, which I had absolutely not the slightest interest in, I selected this custom-bottling to try. You CAN do worse… seriously. I have it on good authority Peter Vella still makes wine. Maybe even Corbett Canyon yon yon yon yon? This stuff is so thin. Just watered to a perfect 13-5 on the label. ◊
