Duckhorn Vineyards

Estate Grown Napa Valley Merlot

9.340 ratings
8.32 pro ratings
Napa Valley, California, USA
Merlot
Beef, Venison, Salami & Prosciutto, Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, Exotic Spices, Lamb, White Rice, Baking Spices, Herbs, Pasta, Chicken, Mushrooms, Pungent Cheese, Turkey, Tomato-Based, Soft Cheese, Pork, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Duck, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Eric Urbani

Tasting of nine 1996 Cabernets, Merlots and Bordeaux blends from California, Bordeaux and Australia. Well, this one actually was my favorite and yes, it was way before they sold. Elegant, aged cedar notes.

Tasting of nine 1996 Cabernets, Merlots and Bordeaux blends from California, Bordeaux and Australia. Well, this one actually was my favorite and yes, it was way before they sold. Elegant, aged cedar notes.

Apr 24th, 2021
Emily Lusk

Corked.

Corked.

Apr 20th, 2014
Sage Shimoda

Our New Year’s Eve wine is 2005 Kapcsandy Family Winery Estate Cuvée State Lane Vineyard. Still too early to open this? After four hours, the wine finally showed us who she was. Elegant, yet still restrained. We also opened 1996 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot. Still drinkable. You can still enjoy the history. Bye bye 2025.

大晦日最後のワインは、2005 Kapcsandy Family Winery Estate Cuvée State Lane Vineyard。開けるには未だ早いのか! でも、抜栓後、4時間たってようやく本領発揮か! 1996 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlotは、もうピークは過ぎていたけど、熟成ワイン としてはかろうじて飲めるレベル。Bye Bye 2025!

Our New Year’s Eve wine is 2005 Kapcsandy Family Winery Estate Cuvée State Lane Vineyard. Still too early to open this? After four hours, the wine finally showed us who she was. Elegant, yet still restrained. We also opened 1996 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot. Still drinkable. You can still enjoy the history. Bye bye 2025.

大晦日最後のワインは、2005 Kapcsandy Family Winery Estate Cuvée State Lane Vineyard。開けるには未だ早いのか! でも、抜栓後、4時間たってようやく本領発揮か! 1996 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlotは、もうピークは過ぎていたけど、熟成ワイン としてはかろうじて飲めるレベル。Bye Bye 2025!

Dec 31st, 2025
Raul Puga

Very good New Years Eve Eve wine. Getting ready to bring in 2025!!! Cheers to my berserker family

Very good New Years Eve Eve wine. Getting ready to bring in 2025!!! Cheers to my berserker family

Dec 31st, 2024
Gunja Gargeshwari

From Mag - the earthiness was very evident and you could feel the age!

From Mag - the earthiness was very evident and you could feel the age!

Jul 6th, 2021
Pablo Cetlinski

Pure beauty.

Pure beauty.

Nov 12th, 2020
Manny Abascal

1997 cal cab tasting (with one merlot snuck in there). Proved to me critics not always correct. Heralded vintage on release but has not aged well. 10 wines, none memorable.

1997 cal cab tasting (with one merlot snuck in there). Proved to me critics not always correct. Heralded vintage on release but has not aged well. 10 wines, none memorable.

Oct 31st, 2018
Nathan Renfro

Wonderfully aged, very smooth, oak, earth, cherry.

Wonderfully aged, very smooth, oak, earth, cherry.

Jul 13th, 2018
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9.0

From magnum, opened for my dad’s 70th birthday celebration. Drinking very well for a 17 year old merlot. Mature fruit, a little leather, dusty tannins. Nice stuff.

From magnum, opened for my dad’s 70th birthday celebration. Drinking very well for a 17 year old merlot. Mature fruit, a little leather, dusty tannins. Nice stuff.

Jul 7th, 2018
Ned Clark

Funk blows off and emerges as a bold merlot

Funk blows off and emerges as a bold merlot

Dec 10th, 2017