Folie a Deux Merlot 2011

Folie a Deux has merged companies together with Napa Cellars. So when you go to Napa (yes, when!) you'll find them in the same little building. they have a lovely tasting room and a beautiful garden in which you can ruminate on the various delicacies they have just poured in your wine hole.

For some reason a lot of Merlots are cheaper nowadays (thanks Sideways for fucking the wine market), but despite a questionably earned reputation, I like them. Cheap flirty fun, but sometimes they can surprise you. Remember that "bimbo" you made out with? She's a PhD in genetics from Ivy League U, and is creating new heads for people. To break with the Merlot-haters out there, I like them waaaay better than Pinots. Because Pinots taste like zombie feet.

This Merlot is smooth and you can really taste the fairy. Dark, rich and magical. But I have to be honest: while I do like this wine, there are other wines I like more. Like Napa Cellars. I'm sorry, but if you are both going to live in the same house, I want you to know which child I prefer. It's not personal Folie. You do many things I love, but Napa is just better looking and more talented.

Bottom line: This Merlot is good. Solid good. Just good, but also all-the-way good. Honest, like a cowboy that scares you, but at the same time you would trust him with your life. So drink it.