Chateau St. Jean, Merlot, Cal/Napa, 2004

What do you get when you cross a stingy git from Stockport and a wine shopping experience. Answer: Who knows! As it happens I have to give Glyn the benefit of this one as he found it and i’ve had a few bottles since. He did claim/hope that it was a $5 wine but in fact its selling at $8.99. Nevertheless its quite a good, drinkable wine and certainly good value..and thus a good buy. It is smooth and lightish which is better than some merlots which come over as a cross between sangria meets Vimto. ie, fruity. This is none of that rubbish and certainly doesn’t overpower your food… or crisps in Glyn’s case.