PAHLMEYER MERLOT 1997
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WA: 96/100
Pahlmeyer's 1997 Merlot may be the finest Merlot ever produced in California. A profound blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, it offers gorgeous smoky, black cherry liqueur aromas mixed with melted fudge. The wine is unctuously-textured, super-concentrated, low in acidity, rich, and multilayered. This is a spectacular, hedonistic effort to drink over the next 15-20 years.
TASTING NOTE: The jury is still out as to how successful California Merlot can be (there are thousands of innocuous, one-dimensional, thin Merlots made not only in California, but elsewhere in the world), but Pahlmeyer's 1997 Merlot (a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon) is about as riveting an example as money can buy. It does not pretend to be a French-inspired Bordeaux. The dense purple color is followed by an ostentatious nose (which I referred to last year as "liquid Snickers") revealing immense amounts of chocolate, cherry liqueur, glorious quantities of berry fruit, and a spectacular, full-bodied, unctuously-textured, 44-50-second finish. Lavishly rich and exceptionally pure, it is an unbelievable Merlot that can be drunk now as well as over the next 15-20 years. Give it three (the maximum number) yummies on the Parker Scale of Hedonism and Decadence. Robert Parker.
Pahlmeyer's 1997 Merlot may be the finest Merlot ever produced in California. A profound blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, it offers gorgeous smoky, black cherry liqueur aromas mixed with melted fudge. The wine is unctuously-textured, super-concentrated, low in acidity, rich, and multilayered. This is a spectacular, hedonistic effort to drink over the next 15-20 years.
TASTING NOTE: The jury is still out as to how successful California Merlot can be (there are thousands of innocuous, one-dimensional, thin Merlots made not only in California, but elsewhere in the world), but Pahlmeyer's 1997 Merlot (a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon) is about as riveting an example as money can buy. It does not pretend to be a French-inspired Bordeaux. The dense purple color is followed by an ostentatious nose (which I referred to last year as "liquid Snickers") revealing immense amounts of chocolate, cherry liqueur, glorious quantities of berry fruit, and a spectacular, full-bodied, unctuously-textured, 44-50-second finish. Lavishly rich and exceptionally pure, it is an unbelievable Merlot that can be drunk now as well as over the next 15-20 years. Give it three (the maximum number) yummies on the Parker Scale of Hedonism and Decadence. Robert Parker.
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