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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2019 (based on 122 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by williamswhine on 4/22/2022 & rated 94 points: Great wine! Juice is humming right now. Mellowed zin, blueberry/dark fruit, slight spice, velvet. You can drink this without food. Terrific!! (469 views) | | | Tasted by ginnylemert5@gmail.com on 11/9/2015: Moved to dining room rack both (2053 views) | | | Tasted by Twopawsup on 5/18/2015 & rated 90 points: Beautiful bouquet on the nose of mixed berries and oak aromas. Jammy on the palate with medium finish. Not quite as velvety smooth as the 2009 but still an excellent Zin typical of Storybook. (1781 views) | | | Tasted by InVinjeVeritas on 1/29/2015 & rated 92 points: Nice concentration carrying 14,8% alcohol elegantly. Complex and balanced for a zin. Showing nice aged aromas. (716 views) | | | Tasted by Onthelees on 6/19/2014 & rated 89 points: No formal notes; fruity, spicy, very good with barbecue and friends (2050 views) | | | Tasted by vino_per_tutti on 4/1/2014 & rated 90 points: Almost purple. Black and blue berries and spicy oak on the nose; jammy blue and black fruit on the palate. Medium bodied with a short finish. More fruit forward than its Dry Creek cousins, but no less satisfying. Nice with a bowl of pasta. (2027 views) | | | Tasted by pbredon on 3/28/2014 & rated 90 points: Still needs some time. Will try another bottle in 2015. (2018 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 1/12/2014: Very impressive for a Zinfandel. It's got some blackberry and cassis. There's a great white pepper which balances the fruit flavor. Drinking well now. Opened it up and drank over the course of a few hours. Some evolution in the glass for the first thirty minutes, but seemed to flat line after that. Pretty good wine. (2359 views) | | | Tasted by Steven A on 9/15/2013 & rated 92 points: Very well balanced.. Great fruit.. Wish I had more. (2594 views) | | | Tasted by tenor12bucks on 9/4/2013 & rated 88 points: Tasted at winery. Dark and brooding. Intense aroma. A little hot, with subtle fruit. Moderate to long finish. (2462 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 8/15/2013 & rated 92 points: Medium dark ruby color; appealing, raisin, berry, blackberry jam nose; poised, raisin, briary, blackberry jam palate; medium-plus finish (398 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 2/2/2013 & rated 91 points: Very dark ruby color; appealing, tart berry, black currant, tart black fruit nose; tight, dense, tart berry, black currant, tart black fruit palate; needs 2-plus years; medium-plus finish 91+ points (705 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (8/15/2013)
(Storybook Mountain Vineyards Zinfandel Mayacamas Range) Medium dark ruby color; appealing, raisin, berry, blackberry jam nose; poised, raisin, briary, blackberry jam palate; medium-plus finish 92 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/2/2013)
(Storybook Mountain Vineyards Zinfandel Mayacamas Range) Very dark ruby color; appealing, tart berry, black currant, tart black fruit nose; tight, dense, tart berry, black currant, tart black fruit palate; needs 2-plus years; medium-plus finish 91+ points 91 points |
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| Storybook Mountain Vineyards 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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