2018 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Three Palms Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  2/25/2023 - Deryck Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened and let breathe for 4 hours; very enjoyable wine!

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  11/27/2022 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Similar to my Feb 22 tasting with longer oxygenation.
  6 hour slo-ox in cellar: black cherry, spice, rich full bodied. Smooth, well integrated. Sampled over 3 days with Day 2 being the best. Days 1-2 enjoyed with roast leg of lamb, day 3: scallops - not a great paring! Enjoyable young and likely even more with a few years of age. Great QPR.

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  8/6/2022 - bvin Likes this wine: 94 Points

  After reading some of the other tasting notes I wonder if there’s some significant bottle variation going on with this wine. I ordered this at a restaurant in Sweden and only tasted it after approx 45-mins in a decanter so can’t comment on how it tastes as a pop-and-pour.
  The wine was medium-full bodied with mostly red fruit character. The tannins were very fine, almost pixelated. The nose had lots of primary character still - also there was a notable tomato leaf aroma. There was a little astringency on the palate but this really just made it more appropriate for food rather than being unpleasant.
  The wine paired very well with a flank steak. The tannins we’re relatively high but not at all overwhelming and it worked well with the meat.
  The wine was quite long with a crisp finish due to the good level of acidity.
  All in all, this was a high-quality wine which is showing well but would be good for the next several years.

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  6/16/2022 - ralaspech wrote: 91 Points

  Very tight on opening and improved only modestly with decanting. Black cherry and black fruit with spice, oak, anise and tobacco accents. Medium acidity and prominent drying tannins. Expect this to improve with time in the bottle, but right now only 91. Enjoyed at Fire & Smoke with Lisa.

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  3/2/2022 - JonnyG Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Just not a style of wine I appreciate. Monolithic and clumsy, overloaded with astringent red fruit flavor and devoid of texture or nuance. Manufactured grape flavored liquid, which didn’t budge for hours. I don’t see bottle age changing this.

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