Last night, I whomped up a couple of respectable modified Napolitano Pizzas.
Normally, this would call for a raid upon my beer cache, but I was anxious
to open the bottle of 2005 Tin Roof Merlot. I had purchased it in a weak
moment, mainly because of the imaginative label.

It washed down the pizzas quite well. The nose was conspicuous for its
absence. The color befitted the light body, being neither vapid nor inky.
What predominated most was a plum overtone, although if one searched, there
were elements of cherry and tobacco leaves. They have achieved a reasonable
balance of elements to complement food of this type. However, it would be
difficult to imagine drinking this with any more complex foods.

On the Davis 20 point scale, I would award it a 14.

Godzilla

In article ,
Godzilla wrote:

Last night, I whomped up a couple of respectable modified Napolitano Pizzas.
Normally, this would call for a raid upon my beer cache, but I was anxious
to open the bottle of 2005 Tin Roof Merlot. I had purchased it in a weak
moment, mainly because of the imaginative label.

It washed down the pizzas quite well. The nose was conspicuous for its
absence. The color befitted the light body, being neither vapid nor inky.
What predominated most was a plum overtone, although if one searched, there
were elements of cherry and tobacco leaves. They have achieved a reasonable
balance of elements to complement food of this type. However, it would be
difficult to imagine drinking this with any more complex foods.

On the Davis 20 point scale, I would award it a 14.

Godzilla

Is Tin Roof from Los Olivos?

Lawrence Leichtman wrote:

In article ,
Godzilla wrote:

Last night, I whomped up a couple of respectable modified Napolitano
Pizzas. Normally, this would call for a raid upon my beer cache, but I
was anxious to open the bottle of 2005 Tin Roof Merlot. I had purchased
it in a weak moment, mainly because of the imaginative label.

It washed down the pizzas quite well. The nose was conspicuous for its
absence. The color befitted the light body, being neither vapid nor inky.
What predominated most was a plum overtone, although if one searched,
there were elements of cherry and tobacco leaves. They have achieved a
reasonable balance of elements to complement food of this type. However,
it would be difficult to imagine drinking this with any more complex
foods.

On the Davis 20 point scale, I would award it a 14.

Godzilla

Is Tin Roof from Los Olivos?

It comes from Tin Roof Cellars.

Godzilla

Godzilla wrote:

Is Tin Roof from Los Olivos?

It comes from Tin Roof Cellars.

Los Olivos is a town in Santa Barbara County. Tin Roof, however, is
located in Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. Their fact sheet on this Merlot
states that it comes from several vineyards in the North Coast and
Central Coast.

Mark Lipton
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In article ,
Mark Lipton wrote:

Godzilla wrote:

Is Tin Roof from Los Olivos?

It comes from Tin Roof Cellars.

Los Olivos is a town in Santa Barbara County. Tin Roof, however, is
located in Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. Their fact sheet on this Merlot
states that it comes from several vineyards in the North Coast and
Central Coast.

Mark Lipton

Thanks, I thought I saw a Tin Roof cellars when walking around Los
Olivos.