Jim and Barbara Richards are the husband-and-wife team that created Paloma Vineyards, the award-winning winery nested on 20 acres of a steep, tree-lined slope on Spring Mountain. This is a bottle of 2001 Paloma Merlot, ranked the #1 wine in the world in 2003 by Wine Spectator.

"A magnificent Merlot, with gorgeous fruit that's ripe, rich and distinctive. The bounty of complex flavors includes enticing black cherry, currant, blackberry and spice, with a smooth chocolaty aftertaste. Drink now through 2012." (WS 95)

" . . . Paloma's full-bodied 2001 offers up a gorgeous display of black currant and mocha-infused fruit that cuts a large swath across the palate." (RP 94)
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