Wine Advocate # 173
Oct 2007 |
Jay Miller |
91 |
Drink 2007 - 2011 |
$20 (20) |
| The dark ruby-colored 2006
Merlot “The Scooter” exhibits a fragrant bouquet of smoke,
toast, cassis, plum, and blackberry. Velvety-textured (a
trademark of the Marquis team) with ripe, sweet fruit, this
full-bodied Merlot is layered and seamless with no hard edges.
It is what Merlot used to be all about. Drink it now and over
the next 4 years. Mollydooker (the Australian equivalent of
“Southpaw”– both Sparky and Sarah Marquis are left-handed) is
the label of the renowned winemaking team of Sparky and Sarah
Marquis. This is their second vintage following the schism with
The Grateful Palate and the end of their involvement in the
hugely successful Marquis Philips project. Total case production
is 72,000, down from the 120,000 cases produced under the
Marquis Philips label. They have also set up their own importing
company in the United States. |
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