Red · Napa Valley · United States
Merryvale Cabernet Sauvignon
Two parallel scores from 587 z-qualifying reviewers and 609 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Red · United States.
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What reviewers say
“Magnificent wine, powerful but silky, I’m in love. Ultra-dimensional explosion of taste, extremely full and bold.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this wine sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,156 peers in Red · United States
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.355 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean | 4.19 |
| DB2 raw-mean | 4.20 |
| Vivino site avg | 4.20 (2,425) |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.287 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 587 / 609 |
Summary
Very dark in color with intense aromas of blackberry, cassis, graphite, vanilla and cedar. The palate shows intense notes of boysenberry, plum, blueberry, camphor, smoke, coffee, cedar, and Asian spices.
