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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by prism on 10/26/2022 & rated 94 points: Brought to a restaurant. A dining companion pronounced this an impressive balance of light and heavy. I think I get what she means. Hugh alcohol. but very easy drinking; the flavors tending toward lighter red fruits. Lovely aromatics. An interesting vintage of this Zin. (333 views) | | | Tasted by cjohnson2960 on 10/30/2021 & rated 95 points: We opened the 2011 Jackass Hill And a 1983 Chateau Haut-Brion at Cuistot. The Jackass was the wine of the evening and paired perfectly with the Classic Cassoulet Toulousain rich with duck, lamb, and sausage.
If you have the opportunity to enjoy a bottle of Jackass Hill, don’t miss it. (620 views) | | | Tasted by M DU VIN on 5/22/2021 & rated 94 points: Rich, intense fruit and ready to drink. (694 views) | | | Tasted by dutradan@msn.com on 4/4/2020 & rated 93 points: What a Jackass! always a delight. burgers and big zin. a wonderful shelter in place meal (939 views) | | | Tasted by tcosgriff on 3/8/2020 & rated 85 points: Deep purple color with a bouquet and flavor of raisins and brambles with some dusty pepper in the finish. Very high alcohol content, which marred the balance, and along with the raisin taste made for a rather mono-dimensional wine. (1009 views) | | | Tasted by JSolo on 6/20/2019 & rated 93 points: Excellent. (765 views) | | | Tasted by peterk on 8/16/2015 & rated 93 points: Paired this with a ribeye. Sweet, sappy, and pure - this was just wonderful. I have to be in the mood for this kind of wine, and when I am it doesn't get much better than this! (2036 views) | | | Tasted by twoamps on 12/26/2014 & rated 88 points: vaguely disappointing. A nice enough, normal, middle-of-the-road zin, but nothing like the Jackass Hill flavor profile we were hoping for. (1989 views) |
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| Martinelli Producer website
All of the Martinelli Estate vineyards are farmed by Lee Martinelli, Sr., and sons Lee, Jr., and George Martinelli. The wines are made by our winemaker, Helen Turley, and assistant winemaker, Bryan Kvamme. These handcrafted wines are un-fined, un-filtered, neither cold nor heat stabilized and may contain naturally occurring sediment.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 CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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