Phenomene Merlot Reserve 2008

Qualities according to the manufacturer:
This phenomenal in its nature terroir wine was made from the best grapes of a single vineyard, planted with a hundred percent Merlot vines, in the region of Melnik. The unique terroir, careful selection of each bunch of grapes, the specific technology and the 12-month maturation in new French oak barrels helped us to create a multi-layered wine with a rich aroma profile.
The wine is a beautiful, saturated colour. It has an explosive and intense aroma of red berries, ripe plum, fig and, black cherry with the pit, complemented by tones of chocolate, coffee, coconut and vanilla. The taste is rich, soft and full, and the body is voluptuous, soft and rounded. It ends with an attractive long and velvety aftertaste.

Qualities and assessment according to DiVino (March 2011):
The colour is a dense, beautiful dark garnet. A deep nose with pronounced but well-integrated oak: liquorice, coffee, butter, along with baked black fruit and musk. A juicy, spicy, harmonious and attractive wine with a very good, grainy tannic structure, which guarantees it a long life. An excellent wine.