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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2017 (based on 46 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by NateR on 5/22/2023 & rated 92 points: Loads of structure - chalky tannins, and good body and acid. Some fruit remains, though the flavor profile has mostly turned toward stewed fruit and leather. A lovely mature zinfandel. (131 views) | | | Tasted by ChateauShiny on 10/7/2021 & rated 92 points: Decanted 45 minutes before tasting. Deep opaque garnet with a rust-colored rim. Complex port-like oxidative nose. Dried cherries, coffee, unsweetened dark chocolate, black pepper, currants, toasted molasses, and a bit of sweet baking spices. A few aggressive swirls coaxes out green leaf aromas from the wine, but they quickly recede. Medium heavy bodied, medium acidity, and there is a bit of a dusty/gritty texture. Palate is a combination of fresh and dried cherries, blackberries, currants, and just a bit of that huckleberry smokiness. Heavy tannins coat and then melt away bringing in the oak flavors of licorice, unsweetened cocoa, and tobacco. Long lasting mineral, dried fruit, cocoa, and espresso finish with burst of acidity that helps pull it together.
This is still a monster of a zin and has the legs to go longer. (283 views) | | | Tasted by Not647f on 1/23/2018: I usually let a wine rest after shipment, but since this just traveled down the highway for about the same distance I would drive to take a bottle to dinner, and it has been treated well, I dove right in. Glad I did. This is mature--not over the hill, but at ten years, Zin doesn't have a lot to gain. This was very tasty. Profile is a bit different from the DCV and Rockpile Zins I mostly drink, with less blackberry and sloe flavors, maybe the age? This had some nice secondary flavors--a little earth, leather, mild tobacco. Still has a little fresh leafiness. I didn't look at the ABV, but I assume it's up there--still, no heat, just bold flavors. A little coffee on the nose along with those fruits mentioned above. Tannins are melting, so can drink with jambalaya, as we did, without worrying about conflict. One more in stock. Great deal on the winery's sale. (793 views) | | | Tasted by ebert on 7/11/2014 & rated 92 points: Very good classic somewhat elegant zin (1135 views) | | | Tasted by Vinophiliac559 on 3/8/2013 & rated 90 points: Big and jammy with caramel and oak on the finish (925 views) | | | Tasted by K&J on 9/15/2012 & rated 92 points: The wine looks Ruby colored. It tastes like Cherry, Plum, and Light toast. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Round texture. The wine finishes Medium. Overall, it is very flavorful with great appeal! Great wine alone or with steak or tomato sauce based pasta. (1329 views) |
| 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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