Really good for such a young wine. Should be excellent in a few years. Attractive nose. Firm tannins. Good fruit - majority Malbec in the blend. Tasted at one of the dinners at Mid-Atlantic Wine + Food Festival. Will try to buy and cellar some of this. First vintage for this producer. Santiago Achaval was the winemaker.
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Where was the fruit and creamy texture mentioned by other reviewers? Decanted this for five hours before drinking. This was hot (high alcohol content) and not very appealing. Happy I stopped ordering Zins from them. Many better Zin producers in Sonoma County and elsewhere in CA.
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Very subdued nose of peach, apple and maybe some petrol, or as one guest put it, pine resin. Nice lemon and stone fruit flavors on the palate, with good integration of oak. Medium finish. Very well made wine. Excellent with food.
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2010 Hand of God (Mano de Dios) Fingerprint Series Sobremesa Vineyard
3/8/2013 - newtuxedo wrote:
Really good for such a young wine. Should be excellent in a few years. Attractive nose. Firm tannins. Good fruit - majority Malbec in the blend. Tasted at one of the dinners at Mid-Atlantic Wine + Food Festival. Will try to buy and cellar some of this. First vintage for this producer. Santiago Achaval was the winemaker.
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2006 Martinelli Zinfandel Giuseppe & Luisa
3/26/2011 - newtuxedo wrote: 80 Points
Where was the fruit and creamy texture mentioned by other reviewers? Decanted this for five hours before drinking. This was hot (high alcohol content) and not very appealing. Happy I stopped ordering Zins from them. Many better Zin producers in Sonoma County and elsewhere in CA.
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2006 Hyde De Villaine Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard
1/22/2011 - newtuxedo wrote: 91 Points
Very subdued nose of peach, apple and maybe some petrol, or as one guest put it, pine resin. Nice lemon and stone fruit flavors on the palate, with good integration of oak. Medium finish. Very well made wine. Excellent with food.
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