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2014 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Three Palms Vineyard
9/30/2023 - nickducey Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very solid showing for 2017 WOTY. Had a 750 of it about a year ago and wasn’t blown away. Opened our last (only) magnum for a friends birthday, and it was absolutely perfect. I can see where people drinking out of a 750 may say this has peaked and then some, but if you have a magnum laying around, it is in prime drinking window. My only regret is this is likely the last time having this vintage of Three Palms.
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2015 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Three Palms Vineyard
8/26/2023 - nickducey Likes this wine: 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.
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2018 Cirq Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
7/15/2023 - nickducey Likes this wine: 95 Points
It’s a baby, but I couldn’t keep my hands off this vintage any longer, had to try and see what was happening. Knowing the prime drinking window likely is ahead, decanted for about 3 hours prior to trying. What an absolutely lovely wine. Great nose followed by all of the flavors you would expect from a RRV Pinot. This is right up there with the best KB Pinots I’ve had, and really one of the better Pinots from any producer. Certainly not cheap, but it’s a special wine. The best years likely are ahead, I’ll pry wait another 3-5 for my next bottle, but it is really good now. If consuming now, definitely give it a few hours in the decanter.
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