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2014 Jeff Cohn Cellars Zinfandel Moon Mountain Nun's Canyon
9/8/2023 - jazzwineman Likes this wine: 94 Points
When first opened, very rich, but heavily jammed up with a semi-harsh finish. After an 18 hour decant became a beautiful massive Zin from Sonoma, built like a top of the line Bedrock or right under the Jackass (not Jackass Hill) vineyard at Martinelli. Had all the fruit qualities you would expect, great mid and upper palate. Nose leaps out of the decanter/glass with great florals and sucrosity. Long chocolate /licorice/fruit finish with a slight note of a port like richness. if you can find, quite the value. The 15.6% is needed to support the structure and fruit in the wine. This wine is just hitting its prime drinking period and should easily be in that mold for the next 8-12 years before fading. Has not thrown, surprisingly, any sediment as of yet.
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2021 Beringer Vineyards Chardonnay Private Reserve
9/8/2023 - jazzwineman Likes this wine: 96 Points
Beringer 2021 PR Chard is an exceptional value at $37.50 (Total Wine). At least a 95-96 rated (assuming you do a proper decant). From the Gamble Ranch in Oakville, old Wente Clone. Reductive and flinty personality with sliced pears, apples, lemons, light cream., white flowers, chalky minerality, toasted hazelnuts. Full-bodied and very agile on the palate with good tension, staying calm until the end when it kicks in and runs long. 80% new oak, but the other 20% comes from larger barrels (puncheons) and is well balanced without overpowering oak. Great for aging, but who wants to wait?
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2017 Husic Vineyards Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
4/29/2022 - jazzwineman Likes this wine: 96 Points
Nose is much like a candied marmalade mixture of caramel, vanilla, coconut, crème brûlée, tropical and stone fruits. Very floral, flinty, and yeasty. Some lychee nut, hazelnut and guava undertones. A strong sense of minerality runs throughout the wine. Very seamless with complexity in low, mid and high palate. A balanced mouthfeel that is rich and creamy. Perfect symmetry of acid, wood and tannins. Long double finish that ends on a high sucrosity note of tropical fruits, vanilla and oak. 50% new French Oak barrels. This is a big boy wine. Reminds me of a Peter Michael Mon Plaisar. This was after an 18 hour decant. Once again, I will tell everyone; decant, decant, decant your wines.
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