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1996 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 152
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Buddy318 Likes this wine: 91 points
April 4, 2024 - Good but not a lot of time left. Drink up.
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Eiswhine Likes this wine: 93 points
March 6, 2024 - Wow. Good fruit, balanced, smooth with lovely tertiary flavors. Very pleasurable but simple. Not complex enough for higher points.
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JPF16 Likes this wine: 97 points
February 23, 2024 - 1996 Pahlmeyer, Red
Color: Deep Ruby with a solid core and pronounced bricking on the edge.
Nose: Really big nose, aka medium-high intensity, more red fruits than black fruits, dried fruit, some background exotic spices...complex, really nice.
Glass: Full mouthfeel. Full mouthfeel with plenty of fruit still left. Nice mid-palate, very fresh, lingers. Goes down like silk and finishes for a good 45 seconds.
Score: 96-981 person found this helpful Comment -
Ruby99 Likes this wine: 95 points
December 5, 2023 - Probably the best Pahlmeyer wine I've ever had - and I've had quite a few
Just starting to turn brickish at the rim
Beautiful nose of black raspberries and black cherries
The palate is seamless with dark fruit that has exceptional focus and intensity. Not a hint of anything other than deliciousness from beginning to finish. The fruit is almost sweet in it's purity.
Our last bottle from the 1996 vintage1 person found this helpful Comment -
soyhead wrote:
June 25, 2023 - tasted blind. superb and intense fruit; frankly powerful. on par or perhaps even better (though surpisingly similar) to the '99 Pavie which was also tasted blind, side by side. This cuvee continues to astonish.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78 (link)(Pahlmeyer Winery Red Napa Caldwell Vineyard) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Pahlmeyer
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Proprietary Red
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Codes 000000147378, 659801000407
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 8 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,319 (50%)
- Consumed 1,306 (50%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
on its own, Red meat, Teres Major beefWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerPahlmeyer
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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