Community Tasting Notes 5

• brokenstones Likes this wine: 89 points

  July 13, 2013 - We may have held this bottle just a tad too long, though it is still opening up so we may be surprised yet. When it was young it was heavy with dark purple fruit, and it has aged well It has become less robust and more sophisticated.
  The wine looks Garnet colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Fig, Black currant (cassis), and White Pepper, though as it opens the fruit dissipates. It tastes like and Black currant, slightly tart, with a slight note of pencil lead. The body is Medium/Full.

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• WetRock wrote:

  December 1, 2011 - Zin and Burgers (Slater's 50/50, Anaheim, CA): Complex nose. Very tart and not showing much fruit on the palate. Possibly not stored all that well or these just need to be drank up.

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• KeithAkers wrote: 91 points

  June 19, 2008 - zins and BBQ(with one outsider) (Smoque BBQ, chicago): nose: big loaded nose of white pepper, dark belgian chocolate, anise, and black cherries
  
  taste: great feel that is more velvety with large amounts of white pepper, dark belgian chocolate, black cherries, and asian spice tones
  
  overall: a really wonderful and full wine. Time has tamed it a bit and it has taken on some very interesting characteristics. a big and Bold white pepper+black cherry attack that finishes off with a dark belgian chocolate finish

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• Paul Lin wrote: 90 points

  March 24, 2007 - The Wines of Thomas Rivers Brown (Orange County, CA): Rich notes of raspberry chocolate truffles and caramel. This has aged well.

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• Eric wrote:

  July 30, 2004 - My trip to Napa, Part 3: Tasting at Outpost and dinner at Terra (Napa Valley, California, USA): An initially strong note of VA blows off to show a spicy, balanced palate featuring red fruit. Nice Zin, somewhat understated.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Outpost
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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• In Cellars 28 (64%)
• Consumed 16 (36%)

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