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Parker's PIcks |
Robert Parker Jr. Chooses The World's Most Influential Wine Consultants
Philippe Melka named by Robert Parker as one of nine top consultants of the world.
Philippe Melka - Combines French training and technique with top California fruit to great effect.
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Robert Parker Jr.’s The Wine Advocate, Issue 174 |
2005 Métisse Proprietary Red
95 points
The 2005 Métisse has soared in quality since I tasted it last year, putting on weight and showing much more drama and intensity than I thought. The final blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Petit Verdot has it all - a deep ruby/purple color and a beautiful nose of crème de cassis, vanilla, coffee bean, and spice box. The wine is full-bodied, has superb richness, silky tannins, and a very layered, rich mouthfeel. This is a sensational wine that can be drunk now or cellared for at least two decades or more.
Some other good news is that Philippe Melka is now making around 200 cases of Métisse St.-Emilion from a vineyard just below Beausejour-Becot. Philippe Melka’s 500 cases of this wine originate now from a vineyard located off the back streets of St. Helena, not far from the Benchland vineyards of Spottswoode.
Reviewer: Robert Parker
Maturity: Drink 2007-2022
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Napa's go-to virtuoso - Winemaker Philippe Melka brings a meticulously gentle touch to some of the showiest cult Cabs. |
By Patrick Comiskey Special to The Times
"BY the time Philippe Melka walks through the doors at 9:15 a.m. at Vineyard 29, he's already received about 20 phone calls and answered 10. He used to not answer his phone, hoping to return calls when he had a free moment, but lately those moments aren't easy to come by. Melka is probably the most famous winemaker you've never heard of in California...."
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2005 Métisse Proprietary Red
94 points
Saturated ruby-red. Cassis, licorice, mocha and mint on the nose with some suggestions of superripe fruit. Sweet and fresh in the mouth but with lovely lift to the fleshy flavors of blackberry, cassis, violet, tar, spices and bitter chocolate. Finishes with substantial ripe, suave tannins and outstanding length.
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Higher ground: Napa and Sonoma’s mountain vineyards produce Cabernets with desirable intensity |
by Tim Teichgraeber, San Francisco Chronicle feature article
“…Marston Family Vineyard Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon ($90) Close to perfection. Packed with tremendously expressive cassis, boysenberry, dried herb, graphite, cedar, chocolate flavors, loam, ultra-ripe black cherry flavors and plenty of highly polished tannin. Just beginning to blossom, it should age beautifully.”
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