Ari's Tasting- Black Box Merlot

Black Box Merlot; grape variety is Merlot, country of origin is the United States, the region of origin is California, vintage year is 2021, the price was $4.99 at Food Lion. 

There was no description of this wine at Food Lion, however Total Wine has a description of it. They describe this wine as a "hearty plum, vanilla, with cinnamon aromas, with flavors of black cherry and red cherry." 

Black Box Merlot | Total Wine & More

According to Wine Folly, on page 116 Merlot grapes give wine flavors of "raspberry, black cherry, sugar plum, chocolate, and cedar." When I tried this wine, it had a very tart flavor, almost lip puckering, I assume this is where cherry flavors play a part. Besides this, the wines aromas are very buttery. There is a distinct flavor of some sort of spices, so I see the cinnamon aromas described by Total Wine. This is a fuller bodied wine and I actually do not mind it. I could see myself drinking this again.