2015 Long Shadows Wineries Merlot Pedestal

• By Stephen Tanzer
  Focus on Washington: The New Normal (Nov 2018), 11/1/2018, (See more on Vinous...)

  (Long Shadows Vintners Collection Merlot Pedestal Washington Red) Login and sign up and see review text.

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• By Jeb Dunnuck
  Latest Releases from Washington State, 4/5/2018, (See more on JebDunnuck.com...)

  (Long Shadows Vintners Pedestal Merlot) Login and sign up and see review text.

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• By James Suckling
  3/16/2018, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)

  (Long Shadows Columbia Valley Pedestal, Red, United States) Login and sign up and see review text.

Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull Pedestal, 6/11/2018

  (Long Shadows Pedestal) Hello friends. Long Shadows continues to be on fire, ripping through vintages and selling out immediately upon release. So hot, in fact, that they’ve basically moved to a pre-sell model for the Seattle market. Here’s an excerpt of the latest e-mail we received from Long Shadows’ Seattle representatives: Another incredible score on another incredible release from the Long Shadows Vintners collection is at hand! 2015 Pedestal Merlot is the combined effort of Long Shadows’ Head Winemaker Gilles Nicault and the legendary Michel Rolland. Long the most collectible of the Long Shadows portfolio, the 2015 release has established a new level of excellence, coming out of the gate with a 96-point review from Jeb Dunnuck. This beautiful Merlot is sourced from some of the Columbia Valley’s top vineyards (Weinbau, Stone Tree, Conner lee, and Dionysus) and is balanced with Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. After spending 22 months in 85% new French oak, the result is a lush and aromatic wine that sings across the palate. Accented by aromas of black cherry and fresh roasted coffee, the flavors evolve on the tongue from bright blackberry at the start to a long bittersweet chocolate and baking spice finish. Now, let’s make this even more enticing, shall we? While this wine arrives in our central warehouse Monday, May 21, we are thrilled to offer a special pre-arrival pricing offer. There is a finite amount of this wine available, so staking your claim now is a great idea! Please send me your requests and we will fill them as they are received until we are sold out! Thanks to our relationship with Long Shadows over the years, we’re still able to secure pre-sale pricing, but only for this first order. And there is a quick deadline for allocation requests. Please submit all order requests no later than Sunday, June 17th. We may not be able to accomodate any orders after that.We got to meet with Gilles Nicault at Long Shadows’ tasting room on a recent staff trip to Eastern Washington. Throughout the visit, one thing was abundantly clear—this man loves his job. And what’s not to love? Gilles gets to continually hone his craft working with contemporaries from around the globe on one of the most well-funded and supported wine programs in the state. It’s a pretty dreamy gig—but it’s also incredibly hard work. Gilles shepards wines from grape to bottle while working with a number of different winemakers (with a number of very different styles and personalities). While these winemakers fly in and fly out, Gilles remains behind to care for their babies. His dedicated care is clear from the consistent excellence Long Shadows creates. To create Pedestal, Long Shadows’ Merlot-dominant wine, Gilles works with Bordeaux-based Michel Rolland, who is probably the most famous consulting winemaker in the world. Now in its 13th vintage, Pedestal has become the poster child for Washington State-grown Merlot and all it is capable of. Consistently, it is bold, brooding Merlot that showcases the structure and power the grape can achieve when treated correctly. In 13 vintages, 2015 may just be the best yet. Jeb Dunnuck: Copyrighted material withheld.