tasting note

OSPREY'S DOMINION

Merlot North Fork of Long Island Reserve 2007

Score: 90 Top of Form

Release Price: $35

Country: New York

Region: Long Island

Issue: Jul 31, 2010  

This red is balanced and dense, with ripe plum and black cherry framed by smoke and mineral notes and supported by firm, well-integrated tannins. Sleek, focused and expressive. Drink now through 2014. 820 cases made. –TM

Use untoasted oak granulates in must for fermentation.
Oak tannins bind with fruit tannin, forming longer chains and eliminating vegetal characteristics in red wines.

$52.00 is 10 kilos. That treats ten tons of must.

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