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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 5/6/2016 & rated 94 points: This wine simply killed it. Great fruit and balance. No sense of beyond peak at all. Wish I had more. (1156 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 12/27/2015 & rated 93 points: Still brilliant, though most likely at peak. Through Vinturi. Outstanding! (1178 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 8/2/2015 & rated 88 points: At fourteen years, this is past it's prime drinking window, but still enjoyable. Dark ruby colored, medium full bodied, black berry and raspberry fruits give way to a layer of vanilla accented by earthy spice, oak, and hints of mocha with a firm but approachable tannin acid finish.
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/08/zinfandel-for-barbecue-and-more.html (1438 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 5/26/2006 & rated 85 points: WIML85,NOWA,NOWS
Tasted May 26, 2006 at a retail tasting. Opened and served about an hour later in a Riedel Vinum Cabernet Sauvignon glass. Light garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Slightly bretty nose with some dominating notes of kirsch and a slightly offputting aroma I can only describe as fertilizer. Flavors of raspberry, Bing cherry and rhubarb. Integrated tannins with fresh acidity on a medium finish are encouraging but while tasting I kept asking myself “this is Howell Mountain fruit?” Drink over the next year or so. Based on the $28.04 per bottle local retail price I’d say the value is unacceptable. (2186 views) | | | Tasted by Opimian on 5/8/2006 & rated 92 points: wow, what does it say when my 5 year old Zin is better on the 3rd day? so much for cali zins not ageing. still dark, rich, jam with great spice level, although not as spicy as past bottles. has mellowed a bit and is more like silky cream in weight. eucalyptus, blackberry without the tartness. perfect with the BBQ, ahh summertime. (3036 views) | | | Tasted by mmurry on 2/4/2006: Dark ruby. The aromas were full of rasberry, chocolate, spice, vanilla, and earth. The palate blended sweet berries, and spice into a very good drink. The finish was long with solid tannins and acid. (2096 views) | | | Tasted by Opimian on 11/19/2005: yummy stuff, decanted for an hour before drinking. deep red with a nice full mouth feel. rasberries, a little black plum and lots of hot white pepper spiceness. cedar and smoky sweet oak overtones but they round out the wine nicley. good structure with noticable but well intregrated tannins. leaves a nice pepper tingle long after the wine is gone. not as fat as the 2002 with a dyno zin none the less. (2129 views) | | | Tasted by OneLastSyrah on 6/4/2004: Napa-Noma Trip: Oxidation? Tea, asian spice box, earth, pepper, mountain fruit. Tight. Okay. (1435 views) |
| Lamborn Family 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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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