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2018 Blankiet Estate Mythicus Red Wine

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RATINGS

100Vinous / IWC

Deep and exquisitely beautiful...presents seemingly endless layers of aromatic and fruit intensity that open with a bit of coaxing. Black cherry, grilled herbs, lavender and graphite lend striking complexity throughout...stunning wine in every way.

100Jeb Dunnuck

...notes of blackcurrants, cassis, charcoal, graphite, burning embers, violets, and camphor...full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, with building structure, flawless balance, and a great finish.

97+ The Wine Advocate

...notes of violets, stewed black cherries, tilled loam and Indian spices over a core of black currant pastilles, ripe blackberries, black raspberries and clove oil. Medium to full-bodied, the palate offers layer upon layer of black fruits, exotic spices and floral notions with a rock-solid frame of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and perfumed.

PRODUCER

Blankiet

Blankiet Estate is an estate in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains near Yountville, in Napa Valley. Founded in 1996 by Claude Blankiet, a businessman and a native of Dijon, France, and his wife Katherine, the estate was founded to make Bordeaux-style blends. Blankiet’s first winemakers were Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer. Seven years later Martha McClellan came winemaker, with consultation from Michel Rolland. Today the winemaker is Denis Malbec, formerly cellar master at Chateau Latour. Blankiet makes two flagship wines: Blankiet Estate, predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, and Rive Droite, a Saint-Emilion style Merlot-based blend. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that Blankiet’s wines are “world class, combining the extraordinary power of the site with unbelievable elegance and definition.”

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley, Yountville

Yountville AVA is just west of Stags Leap and north of Oak Knoll. It is centered around the town of Yountville, named for George Yountville, who planted the area’s first vineyard in 1836. The district received appellation status in 1999 and it includes 4,000 vineyard acres. It is known for tannic Cabernet Sauvignon that has a reputation for aging well. Dominus Estate, formerly Napanook Vineyard, is one of the most prestigious producers in Yountville, and in all of Napa Valley.