About Blackbird Vineyards
Michael Polenske's 2003 Oak Knoll District Bordeaux estate — one of Napa Valley's most genuinely Bordeaux-style-philosophically committed and collecto
Blackbird Vineyards is one of Napa Valley's most genuinely Bordeaux-style-philosophically committed and Merlot-seriously-producing boutique blend programs.
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Blackbird Vineyards isBlackbird Vineyards is one of Napa Valley's most genuinely Bordeaux-style-philosophically committed and Merlot-seriously-producing boutique blend programs.
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Michael Polenske —Michael Polenske — who established the Oak Knoll District estate in 2003 with a specific Bordeaux blend philosophy focused on Merlot-dominant expressions that challenge the Cabernet Sauvignon dominance of most Napa Valley premium wine production — produces the Arriviste, Contrarian, and Illustration proprietary blends with the most precisely Bordeaux-genre-named and collector-audience-focused conviction available from any Oak Knoll District boutique estate appointment.
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The Blackbird blendThe Blackbird blend naming philosophy — Arriviste (one who has recently arrived to prominence), Contrarian (one who takes a position contrary to popular opinion), and Illustration (evidence or example) — declares the estate's intellectual seriousness and its conviction that Merlot-dominant Bordeaux blending deserves the same critical attention as Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant programs in the Napa Valley.
"Michael Polenske's 2003 Oak Knoll District Bordeaux estate — one of Napa Valley's most genuinely Bordeaux-style-philosop"
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Featured Wines
Merlot-Dominant Bordeaux Blend
Arriviste Red Blend
Oak Knoll District / Blackbird Estate
Blackbird's most ambitious and Merlot-prominently-dominant proprietary blend — Arriviste from the Oak Knoll District estate's most carefully selected annual lots in the most intellectually arrival-at-prominence-named and Bordeaux-genre-precisely-committed format of Michael Polenske's Merlot-seriously-prioritizing anti-Cabernet-dominance Oak Knoll boutique philosophy.
Estate
★★★★☆
Merlot-Dominant Bordeaux Blend
Contrarian Red Blend
Oak Knoll District / Blackbird Estate
Blackbird's most philosophically named and Merlot-champion-declaring expression — Contrarian from the Oak Knoll District estate's most Merlot-prominently-assembled Bordeaux blend, the most precisely anti-popular-Cabernet-opinion-named and Merlot-dominant conviction-philosophically-identified wine in the most intellectually serious Bordeaux-genre-commitment Oak Knoll boutique appointment.
Estate
★★★★☆
Red Blend
Illustration Red Blend
Oak Knoll District / Blackbird Estate
Blackbird's most evidence-declaring and demonstrably Merlot-championing proprietary expression — Illustration Red Blend from the Oak Knoll District estate as the most conclusively evidence-providing and most broadly Bordeaux-illustrative statement of what Michael Polenske's Merlot-serious and Cabernet-contrarian Oak Knoll District boutique philosophy consistently produces.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Merlot-Champion Bordeaux Appointment
Appointment at Napa Valley's most genuinely Merlot-serious and Bordeaux-genre-philosophically committed Oak Knoll boutique estate — Arriviste, Contrarian, and Illustration Bordeaux blends from Michael Polenske's anti-Cabernet-dominance conviction. The most intellectually Bordeaux-precisely-named and Merlot-champion-declaring boutique appointment in the southern Napa Valley corridor.
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