2016 Blankiet Estate, Rive Droite, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)
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98AG97+RP
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerAG = Antonio Galloni
- Rating
- AG98/RP97+
- Producer
- Blankiet
- Vintage
- 2016
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Country
- United States
- Grape Varietal
- Merlot
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
AG98 "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 provides a great opportunity to see its potential. Rich and boisterous in the glass, with tremendous textural resonance, the Rive Droite is gorgeous. Readers should plan on cellaring the 2016 for at least a handful of years. I don't see the 2016 ready to offer its best drinking any time soon." AG for VM Dec 2018
RP97+ "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 red rose, lilacs and damp soil notions with a core of warm plums, mulberries, spice cake and tobacco plus a waft of iron ore. Full, rich, opulent and oh-so-sexy, the palate exudes lovely warm black fruit and spice layers, finishing long and plushly textured. 308 cases produced." LPB for TWA Oct 2018
"Merlot, is now called Rive Droite"
RP97+ "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 red rose, lilacs and damp soil notions with a core of warm plums, mulberries, spice cake and tobacco plus a waft of iron ore. Full, rich, opulent and oh-so-sexy, the palate exudes lovely warm black fruit and spice layers, finishing long and plushly textured. 308 cases produced." LPB for TWA Oct 2018
"Merlot, is now called Rive Droite"