November 30, 2023 - Excellent and drinking perfectly.
July 4, 2023 - This very much surprised to the upside with delicious blackberry fruit and a spice-driven complex finish. At 15.2% alcohol, I wouldn’t have expected it to age well but it has. Mature and ready.
June 19, 2023 - 2009 Pahlmeyer Red Blend. This napa red blend was a nice treat at a recent dinner. The initial nose was awash with new oak and red fruit that settled down with some air. The palate offered more red fruits and acid than I expected but played very well with the food. The mid palate was a little thin and watery, which was the only real letdown here. 93
April 27, 2022 - Ft Wayne Dinner: Did not impress, seemed past its prime, tasted thin in the mid range, tasted with a number of other wines, maybe i missed something. Drank with lamb and filet mignon, would try again.
January 16, 2022 - Consistent with my prior review in 2019. Luscious ripe fruit, notes of tobacco and leather. This time, with two and a half years of more age, and a two hour decant, the high (15.2%) alcohol was not an issue. Well integrated. Time to drink up. I don't see this improving further.
November 7, 2021 - Just amazing. Inky soft tannins mature fruit and drank well by itself around a fire
September 27, 2021 - Anton’s Wine Tasting Notes
Winery: Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red
Varietal: Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon with others.
Area/Appellation: California, Napa Valley,
Vintage: 2009. Price: $159 Kansas Market Price
Color: Incredibly dark Ruby almost purple from below
Legs: Somewhat moderate to fast
Nose: Black raspberries boysenberries black cherry Sage, mint
Cassis, loam,etc.
Palate: coated with black berry, black cherry with currant, cassis loam, lush vanilla
Finish: rich and lush with dark black fruits some cedar lots of oak secondary characteristics haven’t popped up yet going to have to find some more 2009 for a difficult village this has really ripened and shows well.
Comments: Probably the best of three bottles the other one I had about 2015 and doesn’t have a review. This bottle was popped and poured no decanting and shows very well. Stored in a Eurocave since purchased from my store’s inventory.
Pairing Suggestions: The usual suspects.
Score in terms of Vintage: 93
Score for the Wine: 94+
Value for the Money: Excellent 🤩
Date Tasted: 09/26/2021
Tasted by: ACK
November 9, 2020 - Fruit forward, felt like a merlot heavy blend... ECP 60th Bday celebration.. decanted for an hour before serving. Good by all means but not typical Pahlmeyer
October 3, 2020 - Well made, to be sure but I just don’t get the pricing on it. Showing my preference for European taste profiles I guess. Not a great deal of depth. Medium tannins. No much that is especially memorable. Except the bottle. Perhaps the alcohol is a bit too high for my liking. Graphite predominates. Decanted for 90 minutes and had with ribeye. Paired nicely.
April 18, 2020 - The color was purple from above, light ruby from below with a slight pink rim. On the nose plums, raspberries,menthol, blackberry preserves and oak. On the palate black currants, a very slight tarry streak, some dried black cherry and oak. Finish had a lot of blackberries,chokeberries with just the slightest tarry touch. Four hour slow ox decant.