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Merlot · North Coast
94 points from Robert Parker.
“The deep rich 2002 Merlot is not up to the level of the 2003 although it does possess fabulously complex notes of scorched earth chocolate espresso roast and meaty black cherries currants and plums. A broodingly backward concentrated full-bodied dense and super-rich Merlot it should drink well for 15 or more years. As I have written before the only way readers are going to get any of this wine is to be on the mailing list or check out one of the few restaurants that receives an allocation.This is an amazing operation on the hillsides overlooking the huge Dominus/Napanook estate. A complex set of caves and a remarkable nearly surreal chateau grace the property. Winemaker Helen Turley working with her viticulturalist husband John Wetlaufer is fashioning some spectacular wines from these hillsides of volcanic ash and basalt. These are big structured potentially long-lived wines that will need some cellar time for those lucky enough to latch onto a few bottles. Everything to date has been aged in 100% new Taransaud barrels for 18-19 months and then bottled unfiltered.”
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Claude and Katherine Blankiet searched many years for a track of land on the western foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains in the Napa Valley with the single vision of producing world class wines. In January of 1996 they had the chance to view an undeveloped hillside above the Napanook vineyard in Yountville that their agent had secured a hold for one day. Without any hesitation, the Blankiets bought the land on the spot and named it Paradise Hills.
Paradise Hills Vineyard is located on three volcanic knolls separated by alluvial swells deposited by the creeks draining the mountain range. Soil profiles vary from deeply fractured rocks and volcanic ash to thick clay deposits. Viticulturist David Abreu and winemaker Helen Turley were brought in to develop Paradise Hills Vineyard into four distinct sections. Each sub-section is distinguished by unique subsoil and microclimate. Moreover, meticulously selected root stocks were grafted with clonal varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot procured from first growth Bordeaux estates.
One bottle, 750 ml, of the 2002 vintage.
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Winemaker Helen Turley, at Blankiet Estate, owned by Claude Blankiet.
Yes. You must be 21 years of age or older to purchase.
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