PAHLMEYER, NAPA VALLEY, MERLOT 1994 Chardonnay was purchased by the Ashmead

was purchased by the Ashmead family in the late 1970's and started producing labelled bottled estate wine from the 1982 harvest

2/3 from Premeaux – Chaillots – the rest from the Vosne side of Nuits – Lavières

to which he later added land in Saint-Joseph and even a few vines on the Hermitage hill - just enough to make 2 barrels a year

An energetic

because it ripens earlier

PAHLMEYER, NAPA VALLEY, MERLOT 1994 Chardonnay was purchased by the Ashmeadbase of neck or better; one lightly scuffed label 95 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The just released 1994 Merlot is a terrific example of this varietal, and one of the finest I have ever tasted from California. The wine reveals a dense purple color, followed by a super fragrant nose of chocolate, mocha, toast, and black cherry fruit. Full bodied, but not heavy, this expansive, chewy, opulently textured wine should drink well for 15 or more