Question re 1990 Markham Merlot and 1997 Roundhill Merlot

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Question re 1990 Markham Merlot and 1997 Roundhill Merlot

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A lawyer friend of mine has a client who has these wines and wants to know whether to drink them.
I've never heard of these wines.
Are they swill?
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Re: Question re 1990 Markham Merlot and 1997 Roundhill Merlot

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They were never much to begin with. Basically grocery shelf fodder.
Hate to think what they taste like now.
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Jim:

The 1990 Markham had so much fruit upon release (a distributor I used to work for at that time sold it) that there should be something left if stored well. A recent CT note says as much. Not familiar with Roundhill.
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Carlos:

The note from CT was three years ago and mentions stewed fruit at that time:

5/7/2011 - lesz wrote:
Got this when i purchased an entire cellar. Much better than i thought it would be. Nose sort of stewed prune and a little achcolohic. Still some fruit - black fruit, very smooth, after about 45 min now losing fruit but decent finish.


That's not to say it wasn't good at 12.00 / btl upon release.
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Re: Question re 1990 Markham Merlot and 1997 Roundhill Merlot

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Interesting, I'll pass this on to my buddy.
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Re: Question re 1990 Markham Merlot and 1997 Roundhill Merlot

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I would have guessed that the Markham might be alive, in an "if you love old wine" kind of way - we unearth things that "aren't dead yet" all the time.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure half bottles of Round Hill Merlot used to be the free hotel arrival gift for frequent travelers back in the day...
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RDD, didn't mean to imply it was good, it should be drinkable though.
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I remember enjoying the 1994 Markham cab back in the day
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Carlos Delpin wrote:RDD, didn't mean to imply it was good, it should be drinkable though.
No problemo...........
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