2013 Blankiet Estate Rive Droite

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 94.4 points

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  5/10/2024 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Motivated by Vinous new article on 2012 & 13 Napa revisited, I pulled a bottle to check in.
  
  13 has always been a bit of an oddball for Rive Droite. Lighter and bit more pinot in depth than any other vintage. I find it very enjoyable if looking for something on the lighter side of delivery.
  
  I think this has a little more runway than Galloni.
  
  Drink or hold
  
  93+

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  6/3/2023 - MJP Hou TX wrote:

  Not sure what to make of this wine right now. A year ago this tasted like PN but now it's completely different. A bit of a chameleon considering it's Merlot. Small pour left for to revisit. Will report back if anything profound happens.
  
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  6/22/2022 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 93 Points

  At PNP on the nose this was a dead ringer for new world PN and on the palate as well. Medium in body with licorice, cherry and spice. If I had blind tasted this I would have thought it was The Haven by Littoria. Day two the wine was showing a heavy amount of oxidation and became a bit more jammy with preserves and a film of sediment around the glass. This specific bottle was purchased from Total Wine so I'm not 100% sure of storage or head related exposure.
  
  Very similar notes to Geaux Tigers so I'm thinking this is just vintage. Not the typical experience with regards to Blankiet Merlot.
  
  93+ at PNP
  
  91 on day two.

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  12/29/2021 - nickorum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tight and a bit shut down initially, but then opened up in lovely manner. Sweet copious fruit, fine glycerin. Medium bodied, should age nicely for a Calif merlot.

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  1/2/2021 - Geaux Tigers Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Straight into a wide body decanter. For the first 30 min, this was light bodied, with coffee and toffee dominating. Thought this might need 5 years.
  
  At 45 min, this blossomed and gained weight into a medium bodied beauty, although the nose was seemingly a Pinot. Palate developed in roses, chocolate, dark chocolate, sweet cherries. No metallic notes I usually find in Merlot. Hid the 14.5% AC wonderfully, so much so that I checked to see if this was below 13%. Complimented Flannery hangers nicely.
  
  Will give my other bottles 2 years. Great wine.

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