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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2019 (based on 7 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.2 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dcampb on 2/17/2024 & rated 90 points: It is in its prime. Blackberry and a hint of dried fruit it seems it will lean into with any more age. I can't imagine it will get better so I am glad I opened it now.
The wine looks inky colored. It smells like prune and blackberry. It tastes like blackberry. The body is medium/full. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. (119 views) | | | Tasted by NateR on 11/7/2022 & rated 91 points: Starting to show some tertiary notes of leather and stewed fruit, but also ripe blackberry pie. There is still a vibrancy to the wine, with acid and body that provide plenty of structure. A 'big' wine without being over the top. (597 views) | | | Tasted by ChateauShiny on 9/23/2022 & rated 92 points: Nose of stewed and dried cherries, plums, dried blackberries, cocoa, baking spices, earth, and a hint of iodine. Some raisin and prune notes are lurking in the background. Full bodied, a bit thick, medium acidity, and at the right level of maturity for me. The fruit palate is starting to dry out and matches the nose and adds in a mix of black pepper and a bit of capsaicin. Ample and plush tannins bring in an earth, graphite, and iron. Medium long finish of dark cocoa, mild licorice, dark cherries, blueberries, and dusty tannins. After the finish fades, the mouth is a bit dusty.
It's a big, fruity, and bold Easton Zin with just the right age to be interesting. Probably could go longer but this is the exact point that I seem to like on them. Can easily stand in for a Cab or Syrah in a meal. (685 views) | | | Tasted by K&J on 7/24/2016 & rated 89 points: A good Zin, not great, but good. I think a little overpriced for the value. (2283 views) | | | Tasted by john_n_diana on 7/5/2015: For a Zin, it was pretty good. Wasn't too sweet, didn't taste like a port. But, 15.1%, ugh. Wasn't "hot" tho, I didn't really notice the alcohol. (2811 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 1/28/2012 & rated 86 points: 2012 ZAP: Grand Tasting and K&L Tasting; 1/20/2012-1/28/2012 (The Concourse, San Francisco, and K&L, Redwood City, California): Ripe black fruit, jammy nose; oak, ripe black fruit, jammy palate; medium-plus finish (3958 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (1/28/2012)
(Easton Zinfandel California Shenandoah Valley) Ripe black fruit, jammy nose; oak, ripe black fruit, jammy palate; medium-plus finish 86 points |
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| Easton Producer websiteZinfandel 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 Sierra FoothillsAmador |
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