2016 Blankiet Rive Droite

Merlot - 750ML
$249.94
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Vinous, December 2018

The 2016 Rive Droite Paradise Hills Vineyard, Blankiet's Merlot-based wine, is magnificent today. Merlot can be very quirky in its youth, especially when just bottled, but the Rive Droite is incredibly expressive, which...
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2018

(97+ points) The 2016 Rive Droite Paradise Hills Vineyard is blended of 95.5% Merlot and 4.5% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 19 months in French oak. It has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and gives up beautifully fragrant...
JD 96

jebdunnuck.com, January 2019

The Merlot-dominated 2016 Rive Droite (96/4 Merlot and Cabernet Franc) is a pretty, classy, elegant expression of Merlot that has perfumed notes of tobacco leaf, damp earth, graphite, and both black cherry and cassis...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Merlot
Country USA
Region California
Sub-region North Coast
Appellation Napa
Vintage 2016
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 14.6%
Closure Cork