Winery Matanzas Creek - Merlot Bennett Valley

Winery Matanzas Creek Merlot Bennett Valley

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Merlot Bennett Valley of Winery Matanzas Creek is a red wine from the region of Bennett Valley of California.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Merlot Bennett Valley from the Winery Matanzas Creek

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Merlot Bennett Valley of Winery Matanzas Creek in the region of California is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Merlot Bennett Valley of Winery Matanzas Creek in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Matanzas Creek's Merlot Bennett Valley.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Merlot Bennett Valley - 2016
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 3.9 1 1 1 1 0
Merlot Bennett Valley - 2015
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 4.1 1 1 1 1 0
Merlot Bennett Valley - 2014
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Merlot Bennett Valley - 2013
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 3.9 1 1 1 1 0
Merlot Bennett Valley - 2012
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Merlot Bennett Valley - 2011
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 4 1 1 1 1 0
Merlot Bennett Valley - 2010
In the top 100 of of Bennett Valley wines
Average rating: 3.9 1 1 1 1 0

The best vintages of Merlot Bennett Valley from Winery Matanzas Creek are 2015, 2011, 2005, 2016 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Matanzas Creek

The winery offers 37 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Jackson Family Wines.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Bennett Valley in the region of California

The Winery Matanzas Creek is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Bennett Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 10000 of of United States wines
In the top 2000 of of Bennett Valley wines
In the top 40000 of red wines
In the top 55000 wines of the world

The wine region of Bennett Valley

The wine region of Bennett Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Flanagan or the Domaine Morlet Family Vineyards produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bennett Valley are Pinot noir, Merlot and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bennett Valley often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit.


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

News related to this wine

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

Chile harvest report 2022: ‘a challenging year in terms of climate’ 

Just over 6,400km in length, Chile is a country with a fascinating range of terroirs. This is fully reflected in the diversity of its wines. Heavily influenced by air currents from the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes to the east, all of Chile’s wine producing valleys have their own microclimates, as well as distinct complex soil composition. This variety means that individual vineyards experienced the harvest conditions of 2022 in different ways. It was a year that saw the continuation o ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

The word of the wine: Aragnan

A very rare white grape variety that can be found in the blends of the Palette appellation (Provence).

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