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• Senso-beak wrote: 88 points

  May 4, 2016 - Opened barely - the cork would not budge and when it came out, was in pieces. Jammy zinny nose with bright berry, brambly flavors on a medium body. Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, spicy cherry - basically all the reds in abundance. A massive wine.

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• Senso-beak wrote: 88 points

  August 17, 2014 - Opened prior to beach gig, finished the next day. Full throttle, thick, bombastically dense and jammy. A 15.9% behemoth, showing ultra-ripe plum, blackberry, prune, raisin, fermenting strawberry, on a wood timber frame. There's sweet orange on the nose as well. Highly glyceric. These grapes needed to be picked at least 2-3 weeks earlier. Cork crumbled and half was left in the bottle.

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• pelwart wrote: 89 points

  September 4, 2011 - Opened and drank, big jammy wine, lots of fruit, mostly blue fruit with some blackberry. Went well with Indian food and was still drinkable alone after dinner.

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• lynarthur wrote: 89 points

  November 14, 2010 - First Zin we've had from Novy and we're very happy with it. Very well balanced with good fruit and earthy balance. Good with pizza or without food.

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• thomaskeil wrote: 86 points

  December 12, 2009 - PnP. Nice fruit-driven nose with jammy red and blue fruit, some spice and no etoh. Soft on the palate, with persistent medium intensity fruit from entry to beyond finish. Light acidity, some finesse for a zin, low complexity. Nice with pasta.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Novy Family Wines
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Carlisle Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• In Cellars 12 (29%)
• Consumed 30 (71%)

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