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2004 Blankiet Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard

Merlot: 750ml

$119.99

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points awarded:
ST 93 WA 94

94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2006

 The 2004 Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard (1,100 cases) includes a dollop of Cabernet Franc in the blend. It exhibits gorgeous notes of chocolate, espresso, plums, blackberries, and cherries. Full-bodied with terrific intensity and opulence, it makes a dramatic statement about how great Napa Merlot can be. It should drink beautifully for 15 or more years. Both 2004s have put on considerable weight and performed significantly stronger out of bottle than they did from cask. Not yet released. Previously recommended: 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Paradise Hills Vineyard (95+), 2003 Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard (96). Tel. (707) 963-2001; Fax (707) 963-2012


93 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2007

(includes 10% cabernet franc) Deep, complex nose combines plum syrup, violet, tobacco, licorice, minerals and game there's something quite Bordeaux-like about this. Dry, broad, suave and seamless, with complicating hints of black olive and smoke. This is wonderfully full without being at all heavy. Finishes long and ripe. This will go truffley with bottle aging.


94 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2006

 The 2004 Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard (1,100 cases) includes a dollop of Cabernet Franc in the blend. It exhibits gorgeous notes of chocolate, espresso, plums, blackberries, and cherries. Full-bodied with terrific intensity and opulence, it makes a dramatic statement about how great Napa Merlot can be. It should drink beautifully for 15 or more years. Both 2004s have put on considerable weight and performed significantly stronger out of bottle than they did from cask. Not yet released. Previously recommended: 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Paradise Hills Vineyard (95+), 2003 Merlot Paradise Hills Vineyard (96). Tel. (707) 963-2001; Fax (707) 963-2012


93 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2007

(includes 10% cabernet franc) Deep, complex nose combines plum syrup, violet, tobacco, licorice, minerals and game there's something quite Bordeaux-like about this. Dry, broad, suave and seamless, with complicating hints of black olive and smoke. This is wonderfully full without being at all heavy. Finishes long and ripe. This will go truffley with bottle aging.


About Winery

Blankiet Estate is located on the western foothills of the Mayacamas mountain range over-looking Yountville in California's Napa Valley. The sixteen acre winery was created in 1996 by Claude and Katherine Blankiet. Denis Malbec, former cellar master at Château Latour in Bordeaux, has been director of winemaking  for the past two years.

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