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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 64 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by alanmspieg on 1/19/2024 & rated 82 points: Sorry to say, but this one is over the hill. Three Palms is legendary and has produced some great wines, and I’m sure in it’s prime this bottle was excellent, but now it is almost undrinkable. Almost tastes like a corked wine. My wife says that it will be fine for her to use in her pasta sauce. A disappointment, but I should have paid more attention to it a few years ago. (709 views) | | | Tasted by nickducey on 8/26/2023 & rated 92 points: It’s good, drinking in a nice place now. I don’t think I would let it go much longer. It’s well integrated, there is fruit there, no exceptionally savory characteristics yet. I have a lot of respect for the wines 3 Palms puts out, and this is certainly a well made wine and carries the torch of the 2014 WOTY nicely. (1103 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 6/2/2023 & rated 93 points: very balanced and smooth - pleasing cherry and plum flavors - minimal tannin and touches of sweet spice on the finish...drink now. (1262 views) | | | Tasted by brouigu1 on 5/21/2023 & rated 93 points: My second enjoyment and notes of the 2015 Three Palms.
What a difference 3 years has made on the development of this Merlot. The nose is more pronounced with Plum and Black fruits. Scents of cedar, oak and even some cigar box creates an intoxicating aroma. The palate is well developed and integrated, Full bodied but soft and lush with well balanced tannin, alcohol, and acids. The black fruits are center stage with various woods wrapping around them and a finish of milk chocolate. Short decant and enjoyed! (1303 views) | | | Tasted by gmbdds on 4/22/2023 & rated 92 points: Plum and black currant fruit. This is full bodied and modern in oak influence, but it is serious and deeper than the standard Duckhorn merlot. Drinking young at age 8. (1282 views) | | | Tasted by Vinomazing on 12/6/2022: Brought to restaurant served w/ lobster ravioli, veal franchese, salad. Opened at home, 45 min before dinner. Into glasses with some swirling+ 5 mins time, and the wine began to pop. Delicious, layers of depth and flavor, easy to consume bottle between 2 of us. Glad to have more vintages stashed. (1759 views) | | | Tasted by Sebran on 9/17/2022 & rated 93 points: Drinking very well with a long decant. (1531 views) | | | Tasted by Lobster27 on 8/18/2022: A bit syrupy. Medium to light tannins. No acid. Blueberry flavors (1356 views) | | | Tasted by Docschro on 6/28/2022 & rated 95 points: A fave! A little decant always helps, this is my wife's favorite of Merlots. Always a delightful pour and Duckhorn never disappoints. (1477 views) | | | Tasted by RustyI on 4/8/2022 & rated 93 points: Really fantastic wine. Needed a few minutes to open up but very smooth, dark fruit, low tannins (1885 views) | | | Tasted by ppearson9 on 3/25/2022 & rated 95 points: wow. really good. short 20 min decant. drink now, may improve but won’t be much (1651 views) | | | Tasted by gew71walsh on 11/25/2021 & rated 92 points: Really nice merlot for Thanksgiving. Dark purple in glass. Blackberries and dark cherries on palate. Muted nose. Was better a couple of hours in, so decant is probably helpful. Think this may get better with a couple of more years in the cellar. (1657 views) | | | Tasted by winecadence on 5/22/2021 & rated 93 points: Outstanding. Dark black fruit. Plush mouthfeel. Lengthy finish. Perfect Merlot. Will wait a couple years before I open the next one to see if it improves. (2432 views) | | | Tasted by Snag One on 11/16/2020 & rated 93 points: Very deep ruby red color. On the nose; cocoa, pencil shavings, blackberries, mint and a touch or tar. On the palate; wonderful layers of black peppercorns, chocolate, black cherries, ripe figs, loam and mint. Very nice mouthfeel with a long and enjoyable finish. We popped and poured without decanting, and the tannins and acidity really softened in the glass. So a decant will enhance your enjoyment of this wine. (3005 views) | | | Tasted by houstonjeff@hotmail.com on 10/15/2020 & rated 93 points: blackberries (2729 views) | | | Tasted by brouigu1 on 7/11/2020 & rated 93 points: Scored this based on this tasting and what lies in store.
Dark purple almost black in color. Decanted for an hour and enjoyed over two days.
Nose of dark fruits with cedar, chocolate and oak spices. On the palate this is displaying well but needs more air time or cellar time. Nice tannin structure with dark fruits and a lot of oak imparted vanilla. (3167 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 6/25/2020 & rated 93 points: Dark purple in color and heady nose of cedar with strong mocha and chocolate notes. (2614 views) | | | Tasted by jeagle on 5/12/2020: For me, this wine is still just potential. Decanted for four hours, the remaining oak shrouded the fruit profile. However, this bottle suggested it will be a sensuous wine with soft texture and an elegant stride. (2735 views) | | | Tasted by Sparty1983 on 5/8/2020 & rated 91 points: Was good initially, but when we had the steaks with it, it paired magnificently (1958 views) | | | Tasted by caroleandjay on 5/3/2020 & rated 90 points: Medium purple, min meniscus. Napa on the nose. Flavors of cherry, blackberry, soil, nut and coffee with fine round tannins. Long finish. Plenty of time to go. Need to compare to other vintages. (2045 views) | | | Tasted by yasha on 4/28/2020 & rated 94 points: great merlot, open up in 1 hour, just great finnish (1752 views) | | | Tasted by SirJ on 3/28/2020 & rated 93 points: Great potential, nice fruit, the fragrance lasts a long time and a long finish. The heat of the alcohol and the nice tannins in combination of fine acid will do well. Have two left which I will leave for a while, this will be so good ... in a few years 👍🍷. Drink this wine to grilled whole Entrecôte with moderate salad and a bearnaise sauce (1972 views) | | | Tasted by adamanko on 9/13/2019 & rated 90 points: At first it's the alcohole that hits me. That might be me. Very blackberries, plums and smooth. Drinks up really quick. 89-90 but I don't dare to go under 90. So 90. Won't buy again. (3354 views) | | | Tasted by fruitvale3067 on 3/11/2019 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured thru Vagnbys aerator. On the nose dark plums and cherries, with a slight hint of vanilla. On the palate, dark fruits, but still young. Next night dark fruits more pronounced, integrated with a nice long finish (Smooth). This wine needs more cellar time or a long decant to fully appreciate its quality. 5 bottle remaining and it's going to be fun to see how they progress during the next few years. (4188 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 3/8/2019 & rated 92 points: Lush and very smooth, with plum and black currant notes. Low acidity and tannin, so don't suspect this will last forever. (3154 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decoy Wines websiteMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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