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| Drinking window: Drink between 2008 and 2011 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.7 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 60 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wordstar on 11/27/2014 & rated 87 points: Very nice last bottle, and a great meal to finish it with! (2203 views) | | | Tasted by wordstar on 5/22/2014 & rated 88 points: Still very, very nice for us, but only one more bottle to go. (2530 views) | | | Tasted by wordstar on 4/7/2013 & rated 87 points: A bit of a mercy ranking, maybe, but still a very good wine, holding up well over time, and nicely complimenting a good meal. That's what we bought it for, we have more left... (3205 views) | | | Tasted by wordstar on 3/9/2013 & rated 88 points: Still very good on our table! Glad we've got more. (3201 views) | | | Tasted by NathanT on 11/21/2010 & rated 80 points: taste like jam with alcohol. half bottle down the drain. (4296 views) | | | Tasted by LChaim on 6/9/2010 & rated 84 points: Great value but nothing exciting. (2618 views) | | | Tasted by doctormdj on 3/20/2010 & rated 89 points: Great wine if aged right. Very smooth with a slight pepper at the finish. It was soft and delightful. A great value and a nice wine.
The wine looks Crimson colored.
The legs are Fast.
It smells like Strawberry Jam, Cranberry, Red Currant, and Black currant (cassis).
It tastes like Flint, Strawberry Jam, Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, Vanilla, and Black Pepper.
The body is Medium.
The wine is textured Smooth.
The wine finishes Short. (2736 views) | | | Tasted by wordstar on 4/9/2009 & rated 89 points: Holding up well, drinks smoothly from first to last glass, very solid Zin - nothing truly outstanding, but still a great value. (3095 views) | | | Tasted by LynnMJ on 1/23/2009 & rated 87 points: Very clear garnet color, not giving up much aromatically after aerating, just got a little dark fruit and white pepper. Initial taste on the palate reveals well-integrated heat and mild cherry-plum flavors. Really quite elegant, perhaps showing of its origins in Dry Creek Valley. Medium length finish. Not much robustness as I expect to find in a Zin, but its pleasant enough. (3185 views) | | | Tasted by rickerm on 9/1/2008 & rated 88 points: Enjoyable wine. Some pepper, hint of sweetness, some fruitiness - maybe cherry. Long finish. It does have a diminutive noise. It is very drinkable right now. (3225 views) | | | Tasted by hudamang on 8/19/2008 & rated 86 points: Stylistically correct. Went well with my burgers but it wasn't very exciting. (3183 views) | | | Tasted by Love4Vino on 7/23/2008: A bit too sweet for me. It had spicy peppery brambly notes. It went well with BBQ ribs. (3368 views) | | | Tasted by BrewWench on 7/5/2008 & rated 85 points: Black cherry at the start of the mouth, pepper at the end. I agree with the previous entry - it did get nicer after some time. (3519 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 7/3/2008 & rated 89 points: Smooth with slight pepper and nice dark fruit. Much better after an hour (3489 views) | | | Tasted by NaturalizedTexan on 6/30/2008 & rated 89 points: An excellent value for a zinfandel that is well above average (3555 views) | | | Tasted by NaturalizedTexan on 6/30/2008 & rated 89 points: Subtle fruit and nice pepper. It needed time to breathe before drinking. Definite improvement after an hour. (3364 views) | | | Tasted by lagniappe on 4/27/2008: This was great. Peppery, rather dark, I would say. Just a lovely, affordable zin. (3650 views) | | | Tasted by wblake737 on 3/31/2008 & rated 88 points: Decanted for an hour before consumption. Subtle nose with light fruit. Not as fruity as most zins with a light plum finish and mild pepper taste. Nice balance with smooth tannins and moderate alcohol. Good buy at $11. (3655 views) | | | Tasted by Johannes.knops@xjtlu.edu.cn on 3/29/2008 & rated 89 points: Tasty, peppery, dark fruit. Nice wine. (3477 views) | | | Tasted by wordstar on 3/21/2008 & rated 91 points: Better than the bottle consumed in 12/07. Nice balance of full-bodied flavors in the Zin tradition - good pepper! One of the better ones from CH. (3548 views) | | | Tasted by BBennett on 3/14/2008 & rated 80 points: From reading other notes on this wine there seem to be two batches out there - one with fruit and the other without. This bottle was the later. Upon opening the aromas were very closed. Little more than wood and vine coming out of glass. The glycerin on the palate seemed to carry this through a long finish - just not a finish you want to keep going. I came back to it later and on day two the aromas opened a bit with black and green peppers in the center of the glass and a bit of red fruit slipping up out of the edge. The balance was better and would have been a bit better with a steak to use the butter feel in the mouth -- I hope this gets better next year. (3782 views) | | | Tasted by BrewWench on 3/12/2008 & rated 84 points: Black cherry at the start of the mouth, pepper at the end - I think I liked this one more than the Lot 48 red blend; nice zin. (3489 views) | | | Tasted by texaswino on 3/9/2008: not too shabby for the price (3426 views) | | | Tasted by DeWiPe on 2/22/2008 & rated 82 points: Popped and poured.
First impression: drinkable, but that's about it. Nothing distinctive at all, from the nose to the palate; everything's pretty flat, zero finish. It doesn't SUCK, just not memorable at all.
After 2 hours: Still not much on the nose, but the palate has opened up a bit, showing some fruit and a soft, short but clean finish.
Next day: still not enough for me. The nose is more distinct, the taste is fruitier but still disappointing.
I had opened a couple other bottles for comparison: '06 Pascual Toso malbec, '05 Clos de L'Oratoire CdP; one everyday, one pricier. They BOTH destroyed this stuff; the Toso is a terrific everyday drinker by comparison, the CdP has much more character and structure (with a couple hours of air).
Conclusion: just another low-midprice wine. Not worth the bucks IMO, and a big step down from the Lot 59 chard - which was pretty tasty. (3846 views) | | | Tasted by soyhead on 2/13/2008 & rated 87 points: This bottle had been opened and left neglected on the counter for several days before I came to the rescue. The Nose shows cherry, slight herbaceousness, some olive as well. Medium bodied, peppery. The fruit is not overpowering. Overall well balanced and tasty with a good finish. (3673 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Cameron Hughes Producer website
With an obsession for quality and innovation, Cameron Hughes Wine, founded by Cameron Hughes and partner Jessica Kogan, is dedicated to building a reputation for delivering the best domestic and international wine values in the marketplace today.
As a modern international négociant, we partner with top-tier wineries around the world, buying and contracting their ultra-premium wine to sell at very affordable prices.
Cameron Hughes Wine brands - unique in character and integrity - include the CH Lot Series, CH California, Hughes-Wellman, The Flying Winemaker, Zin Your Face, and Frunza.
Our wines are available broad market and nationwide in chains like Costco, Sam's Club, Cost Plus World Markets, Kroger, Harris Teeter, Safeway, Vons, Lucky/Savemart, Publix, and in our CH Web Store. For more information about us, email us or call 1-800-805-1971, M - F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. PST.2005 Cameron Hughes Zinfandel Lot 43 Dry Creek ValleyWinery says:
Vintage: 2005
Appellation: Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma
Grape: 80% Zinfandel, 15% Syrah, 5% Petite Syrah
Alcohol by volume: 15%
Production: 7,000 cases
Release date: August 30, 2007
Availability: August 2007
Taste: This is classically styled Dry Creek Zinfandel and probably even more elegant given the long, cool growing season of 2005. The nose smacks of boysenberry, raspberry and plum and is underpinned with black pepper notes that will become more forward as the zin and syrah continue to meld in the bottle. The palate is fleshy and ripe and full-bodied showing raspberry fruit and vanilla oak. The finish is lush and lingering.
Cameron Confidential: There are several wines seamlessly woven together for this wine, three zins, one syrah, and 1 petite sirah. All are from $20+ producers. The 2005 harvest was not only one of the largest in history for CA, but it was also one of the longest. Zin grapes didn’t come in until the end of October and into November and a more elegant style became the hallmark of the vintage. Quite frankly, a lot of folks fell short as needed heat spikes failed to materialize. That’s where our flexible buying model allows us to excel. Rather than try to work with only the fruit and wines that we have, Cameron Hughes Wine is able to bring component wines from multiple sources together to achieve a whole greater than the sum of its parts. The combination of raspberry fruit and black pepper from the zin blend melds beautifully with the ripe fruit and American oak influenced Syrah. Petite sirah muscles up the blend further and provides length and tannin.
As of August 2007, when I last tasted this wine, it had just emerged from bottle shock and was pretty much ready to go. By the time this stuff hits the street in about a month it should be singin’.Zinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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