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Church Road Reserve Merlot Cabernet Hawke's Bay NZ 2000

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88/100 45

Dense and moderately complex wine with attractive sweet berry fruit and strong spicy oak flavours. Still quite youthful but beginning to mellow with hte emergence of savoury bottle devlopment.

Tasted: May 2004   Closure: Cork    Average price: n/a

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