I honestly, have had no interest in trying their wines…until now. I don’t drink many wines from California…not because I don’t like them, but usually because I’m just drawn to other places. This makes me want to seek out their wines, even in the secondary market. This is the sort of shared experience that really honors what I love about wine…
Kirk, If you can source only one bottle, I recommend checking out the Rive Droite, vintage 2012, 13, or 14. It is probably the best merlot coming out of Napa, or at least top Two. If you Slow-O for 12 hours or overnight the wine is truly fantastic. You can often get them fairly priced on Winebid. The 2010 is very good, too, but I think that was the first year that Denis Malbec was winemaker. I think he really took Blankiet to a new tier of quality after that vintage.