With due respect to the now-infamous protest of Paul Giamatti’s
character Miles in the film Sideways, this month’s Worth a Splurge Wine
is the 2009 Meeker Maker’s Handprint Merlot. Not only is the signature
bottle (hand painted with multi-color handprints of the winemaker and other
Meeker wine personnel) highly entertaining and memorable, but the Merlot is, in the words of the winemaker, a powerhouse with loads of cherry fruit and lots of big tannins (apparently from an ample helping of Cabernet Sauvignon).  I highly recommend this full-bodied, bold Merlot blend, somewhat reminiscent of a Right Bank Bordeaux blend.  The luscious 2009 Meeker Maker’s Handprint Merlot from Sonoma County, California is a low-production output and isunfortunately not widely distributed, but is available for $42 on the Meekerwebsite, http://meekerwine.com.

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