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Luke Wines - Merlot - Wahluke Slope2021

RED WINE

PUBLIC
June 2025
Prices and availability subject to confirmation
Luke Wines - Merlot - Wahluke Slope label
  • Producer Luke
  • Blend 5% Cabernet Franc
    95% Merlot
  • Country USA
  • Region Washington
  • UPC 0 15643 64800 7

Reviews

James Suckling 91

Ripe berry, plums, sweet Asian spices, dark chocolate and cedar on the nose. Textured and refined with a medium to full body and velvety mouthfeel. Lengthy and balanced. Drink or hold.

by JS, James Suckling , 2024

Vinous Media 92

The 2021 Merlot, from the Wahluke Slope, is a total pleasure to take in, wafting up with masses of ripe blueberry complicated by rubbed sage and rum-soaked plums. It's pliant and silky, with textural waves of ripe red and blue fruits that soothe the senses as echoes of sweet spice and hints of cocoa swirl throughout. This tapers off long and savory, leaving a gentle coating of tannins and hints of tobacco to slowly fade. What a darling. The 2021 should enjoy a long and broad drinking window.

by EG, Vinous Media , 2024

Wine Enthusiast 93

A powerful blueberry scent blazes a path for aromas of loamy soil and rose petals dried between the pages of an old book. The wine's flavor combination of black tea, marionberry muffins and oatcakes is like breakfast breaking out- only this meal includes tannins so muscular, they grab you by the lapels and steal your milk money.

by MA, Wine Enthusiast , 2024

Technical Details

Description

Located in the Columbia Valley AVA, the Wahluke Slope AVA produces some of the best Washington State wines. LUKE is no exception; producing the fastest growing Washington wines in their category. Hand crafted by some of the best people & vineyards in Washington. The results are truly exceptional wines vintage after vintage. The wines’ brisk climb to success is spurred by their packaging and consistent 90+ point accolades. LUKE’s identity is both strong and iconic with an authentic human connection. As a metaphor for the human spirit of the great American West, LUKE taps the hero in all of us.

Tasting notes

LUKE Merlot reveals the hallmarks of great Washington Merlot – dark red fruits, rounded tannins and an opulent, smooth finish. Fresh flavors of plum, cherry and blackberry dominate the mid-palate while earthy flavors of tobacco, cedar and clove marry the spices of vanilla and mocha to extend the wine’s long lingering finish.