Folow-up for Buccella 2005 Merlot

Some of us had further tasting of 2005 Buccella Merlot. Uncle-N and Carol tasted this at home. Actually sitting outside, waiting for lamb to grill on Weber. The nose is beautiful with chocolate covered black cherry with cedar, caramel and vanilla. We detected no off smell like Uncle-E has detected (spoiled milk or meat etc). The palate is not as fruits forward but fine with vanilla and caramel. Piroca also tasted this (for the 3rd time) and to quote him from the comment he posted " ..intense color and bouquets and palates that are fantastic, at least in my humble opinion. They are, however, not as fruit foward as I expected and most of the aromas and flavors appear to be oak rather than fruit derived...".

In any case, some of us think 05 Buccello Merlot is a fine wine with enough complexity but concede that it tastes more like Cab. We will consider to give it a score of "4". Please feel free to comment.