Just wondering...

[summa]

I was just comparing their bottlings of cab and merlot side by side, and just found it a bit strange, in that in my experience, I expect a lot of fruitiness/jamminess in a merlot, and something more refined and structured in a cab.

The Gallo of sonoma Cabernet was very fruit forward, almost implying sweetness, and definitely enough fruit to cover the tannins.

The strange thing was, I could get a sense of this backbone more in their merlot, with a bit more of an herbal touch, (which brought to mind cabernet franc to me, as perhaps part of the blend).

[This message has been edited by summa (edited 08-26-2001).]