2022 Maestoso

“Perhaps the best merlot ever made in this country.”

Tasting Note So here’s a boundary-stretching $100 Canadian merlot, and it is great! Perhaps the best merlot ever made in this country. This is the third time I have been wowed by Maestoso, the La Stella flagship. Merlot typically is all about plushness, ripeness and generosity which this captures so well. But with such genteel poise! Classic, definitive merlot aromas of blackberry/plum, subtle chocolate, licorice, fine oak spice/resin and herbs. It is medium-full bodied, so even, delicate, with very fine tannin. Not a hair out of place here. The length is excellent to outstanding.