This has all the crowd pleasing attributes to satisfy the by the glass program at your restaurant. This is a wine that grows on you. While it's not powerful, it does have some complexity and elegance. In the nose you'll find cherry, milk chocolate, nutmeg and a hint of truffles. On the palate you'll find a well-structured wine with Merlot's typically soft chalky tannins, modest intensity and wonderful length, in which the nutmeg-truffle flavors comes to the fore. This is a wine to drink now. Best enjoyed with steak, tomato based pasta dishes.