Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red - 2002 (750ml) Mendocino County Ulises Valdez and Martinelli’s Charles

Ulises Valdez and Martinelli’s Charles Ranch and Zio Tony Vineyards

Medium to full-bodied

Wine Spectator - 95 points

Consultants Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt seemed to have coaxed just about everything one could from this extraordinary terroir

nearly over-the-top red wine’s intensity

Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red - 2002 (750ml) Mendocino County Ulises Valdez and Martinelli’s CharlesThe nearly perfect 2002 Proprietary Red Wine is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and the rest dollops of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. This exotic, full throttle, nearly over the top red wines intensity, richness and smoky coffee notes intermixed with notions of chocolate, graphite, and jammy blackberry and black currant fruit ooze from the glass. This rich, concentrated beauty tastes more like a top notch, young Right Bank