2005
Pahlmeyer Merlot
89% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Winemaker
- Erin Green
- Alcohol
- 15.2%
- Harvested Start Date
- September 29, 2005
- Harvested End Date
- October 10, 2005
- Bottled Date
- April 16, 2007
- Release Date
- February 1, 2008
Winemaking Notes
The grapes were given a five-day cold soak before fermentation, fermented on their own natural yeast, and aged nineteen months in French oak barrels. The wine was bottled with neither fining nor filtration.
The 2005 Merlot is looking sensational, and far better than I thought last year… The wine reveals distinctive black cherry and berry notes intermixed with chocolate, mocha, caramel, and scorched earth. The wine is full-bodied, fleshy, but has underlying acidity and a long, layered finish. This wine can be drunk now or cellared for another 15+ years.
Good red-ruby. Dark fruit aromas complicated by violet, bitter chocolate and minerals… Tightly wound but already sexy, with fresh acidity and underlying minerality giving the dark fruit flavors excellent definition.
