One of Napa Valley’s oldest wine growing subregions but last to gain appellation status, Calistoga occupies the northernmost section of the valley. Beginning at the foot of Mount St. Helena, its vineyards stretch over steep canyons and roll out onto the valley floor. The soils in Calistoga are volcanic, which means they are heavy in minerals, low in organic matter and allow good drainage for vine roots, creating less green growth and more concentration of flavor within the grape berries. Show Summer days are very hot but most nights cool down with moist ocean breezes sneaking in over the Mayacamas Mountains or from Knights Valley to its northwest. Cabernet Sauvignon is the area’s star variety with Zinfandel coming in a strong second, though the latter commands far less price per tonnage so continues to be outshined by Cabernet in vineyard acreage, save for some important exceptions. Reduced and brimming in barrel oak, this is a full-bodied, concentrated and ageworthy wine, flavored in strong layers of baked plum, cinnamon and soy. As it opens, generous helpings of blueberry and fig figure into the mix, adding to the complexity. Enjoy 2025–2030. Virginie Boone 2013 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2017 An integrated, powerful wine from a famous northern Napa Valley site, this wine offers notes of baked plum and cherry wrap around the structured, spicy oak. Lingering accents of a pepper, clove and graphite grace the finish. 2012 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2015 From one of the best-known sites for the variety in the Napa Valley, this wine shows classic Merlot-structure, with an almost dusty quality to the well-integrated and resolved tannins. It discloses a density of red fruit that remains in balance with its more rugged minerality, remaining soft on the palate throughout. Drink now through 2025. 2011 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2015 There's grip around this wine's core of clove, plum and smoke but the lushness is muted, perhaps an indication of the tough growing year, while structure remains. Small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc are blended in, the whole aged innew French oak. 2010 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2014 Hard tannins give taut astringency to this wine. But then, that's the signature of Three Palms, which always starts life tight and tough. Made since 1978 by Duckhorn, the wine has shown a consistency rare among Merlot single-vineyard bottlings. This 2010 shows Three Palm's hard tannins, but has such lush black cherry and mocha fruit that it's easy to drink now. It's a worthy followup to the magnificent 2009, but better structured. Drink now–2020. 2007 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2013 A tremendous Merlot, Duckhorn's greatest since the 2005 and one of their best ever, over many years of crafting this wine. Feels soft and smooth and yet dusty and tannic all at once, while the flavors, of red and black cherries, blackberries, licorice, minerals and spices, are vast and succulent. A great Merlot, one of the successes of the vintage. Drink now and over the next six years, for freshness. 2009 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2012 This is classic Three Palms Merlot—as excellent as anything Duckhorn has ever produced. It shows the hard tannins that always mark the winery's Bordeaux-style red wines, but it's luscious and deep in berry fruit, licorice, grilled meat and cola. It should have no difficulty negotiating the years. Give it until around 2015, but if you can't wait, at least decant it for a few hours. 2005 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2010 Duckhorn's Three Palms bottling is one of the oldest and most consistent Merlot vineyard designations in California and this is a classic example. The wine always is very tannic. But the '05 is dry and rich and complex in mineral-laden cherries and currants, with just the right application of new oak. You can decant it now for several hours and enjoy with a dramatically charred steak, but it will develop beautifully through 2011, at least. 2006 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2010 An extraordinarily rich, tannic and dry wine, which despite its big structure is relieved by potent flavors of cherries, blackberries, plums and cedar, with savory touches of anise, sage and black pepper. It's a complex, well-crafted wine that should develop in the bottle at least through 2014. 2004 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2009 This is Duckhorn's signature vineyard for Merlot, located off the Silverado Trail below Calistoga. It's also the winery's most variable Merlot, showing distinct vintage variation. The 2004 was a warm vintage, and the wine is soft and voluptuous in pie-filling cherry, raspberry and blackberry flavors. But it doesn't have the tough tannins that cooler vintages show. 2003 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2006 Reminds me of the '97, a very ripe but very tannic wine that didn't offer much early on. The tannins on the '03 are bigtime astringent, locking down the palate, but oodles of ripely sweet cherry and cedar flavors tease. Best after 2008. 2002 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2005 This wine shows the usual thick, firm tannins of this vineyard, although they're a lot finer than they used to be. It's also a bit sweetish for a red wine that should be dry. There's a cloying, syrupy taste to the finish. 2001 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2004 Tannic as usual from this single vineyard near Calistoga, but with a great heart of cherry and blackberry fruit and wonderful suggestions of herbs and nettles. Bone dry, but ripe in sweet fruit, the quintessence of cherry. An obvious cellar candidate that will hold through the decade. 2000 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2004 Shows some interestingly perfumed herb or floral aromas that add complexity to the cherry and mocha underpinnings. It's a big wine, more supple than Duckhorn's estate bottling, with a smoother, richer finish that makes it come across as flashier and more open, but not necessarily better. 1999 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2003 Warm base aromas of driftwood, cinnamon and a thread of toffee are topped by juicy cherries and ripe plums. The fruit carries well to the palate, beginning with red raspberry at entry, and leading to menthol, tobacco and tar flavors. Fruit that can be described as a black apple tempers the charred finish. Lush, ripe fruit and firm tannins, melded by mellow acidity make for an indulgent offering. —K.F. 1997 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2001 Very cedary and dry, this is built more like a Cabernet than a traditional Merlot. Dusty tannins coat the mouth on the finish, reducing its current pleasure but presaging a long life ahead, when the buried black-cherry fruit is sure to come to the fore. Hold for five years and drink til 2010. 1996 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2000 A young, powerful, tightly wound red that's undeniably strong. A heavy core of toasted French oak, coffee, licorice and soy sauce, all supported by rich, ripe black fruit. Concentrated and correct, but very compact right now. Needs several years to soften. ContainsCabernet Franc. The nose is gourmand, elegant, aromatic and offers complexity, finesse as well as depthness. It reveals notes of blackberry cream, cassis and fine notes of blueberry combined with touches of chocolate, violet as well as subtle touches of lily and sweet spices. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, racy and offers minerality, an acide frame, juiciness, a beautiful definition as well as a beautiful and silky matter. On the palate this wine expresses notes of blackberry cream, cassis and raspberry combined with slight touches of blueberry, saline minerality, chocolate as well as subtle touches of caramelized oak. Tannins are fine, firm and straight. Good length and beautiful persistence. (2022+) (84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Malbec) The nose is fine, fat, elegant and well-made. It reveals notes of blackberry candy and ripe fruits combined with slight notes of licorice. The palate is elegant, mineral (nicely mineral), well done and offers a nice fresh frame. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of blackberry, crushed strawberry and black fruits associated with slight notes of minerality, toasted oak as well as discreet notes of chocolate. Tannins are fine. Good length. A nice wine! The nose is fruity and offers a slight concentration as well as elegance. It reveals notes of cassis, ripe plum, crushed blackberry and small notes of liquorice associated with touches of ripe raspberry as well as hints of gray pepper, tobacco and discreet notes of nutmeg. The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced, precise, elegant, very slightly tight and offers a small straightness, a slight tension, a small concentration, power as well as a slight suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy / juicy blackberry, crushed cassis and small notes of plum associated with small touches of liquorice, very slight hints of vanilla as well as an imperceptible touch of almond and grove. Tannins are fine and a bit chewy. Good length. What is Duckhorn Wine known for?Today Duckhorn Vineyards is the most recognized and successful producer of Merlot in Napa Valley, and one of the most famous Merlot producers in the world.
What does Duckhorn Merlot taste like?This stunning Merlot vintage has enticing aromas of black cherry, cranberry, and black raspberry. The palate has voluptuous red fruit flavors and a subtle baking spice finish.
Is Duckhorn Merlot sweet?Tasting Notes For Duckhorn Napa Valley Merlot 2020
On the palate, luxurious red-fruit flavors of strawberry, plum, Bing cherry and loganberry are supported by silky tannins and a bright, mouthwatering acidity that carries the wine to a lingering finish, with hints of maple, cedar and sweet spice.
Who is duckhorn owned by?The wines were released in 1980. In July 2007 a controlling interest in the company was sold to GI Partners, a private equity firm which in 2016 sold its interest to TSG Consumer Partners, another private equity firm.
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