title: Barrister 2005 Artz Vineyard Merlot (Red Mountain)
description: Spicy and a little hot right after opening, this wine breathes into shape, firming up with classic Red Mountain fruit flavors of plum and cherry, laced with graphite and accented with new oak. This is as muscular and authoritative as Merlot can get, and priced at a third of what comparablebottles from California cost.
variety: Merlot
designation: Artz Vineyard