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William Kelley Likes this wine:
February 24, 2024 - The 1981 Kalin Cellars Zinfandel is an extraordinary bottle of wine, and one of the best reds Terry and Frances Leighton produced in California. Still remarkably youthful in hue at age 43, it wafts from the glass with complex aromas of dark berries, baked earth, smoked tea, orange rind, heather and spices more redolent of great Côte-Rôtie than this variety's stereotype. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless, with melting tannins and a long, sapid finish, it's the last vintage produced of this bottling.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2017, Issue #67, Kalin Cellars Part Two California’s Great Iconoclast(Kalin Cellar “Livermore Valley” Zinfandel) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2013, Issue #43, Kalin Cellars: Great Old School Wines Never Released Before Their Prime(Kalin Cellars Zinfandel (Livermore Valley)) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1981
- Type Red
- Producer Kalin Cellars
- Varietal Zinfandel
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion San Francisco Bay
- Appellation Livermore Valley
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- In Cellars 1 (100%)
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