Better, more-Frenchy
than the second bottle, but maybe a little more high toned.All about the cherry fruit here. Bright cherry fruit. Not the plum I expect with Merlot. Highly polished, high toned mouth feel. A hit of acid mid-palate. Earth, a hint of funk, and quite a nice savory tobacco element. I love tobacco in red wine, even though I have never been a smoker.
Tannins are here, but not on the back of the mouth but more mid-palate. Odd!
An interesting and good QPR wine!