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Red
1997 Mara Zinfandel Reserve Windsor Gardens Ranch
Zinfandel
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Russian River Valley
Community Tasting Notes 3
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Herb K Likes this wine:
August 23, 2016 - This wine is fully mature and possesses raisin notes on the palate with a fully mature nose of berries, plums and some spice. Love Mara.
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UpfromtheCellar wrote: 91 points
January 22, 2013 - This wine has retained a surprising amount of grace and poise after 16 years. Medium garnet with little if any browning around the rim, nice bouquet of typical brambleberry zin. On the palate its fragrant, spicy, dark fruits with a certain sweetness but balanced. A very very nice old Zin.
And to think - when this came out its 14.5% alcohol was considered "shocking". Today its low. lol,lol. Just ask Helen T with her 16%+ bombs........ I know I know - its all about the phenolic ripeness, not the sugar/alcohol content (and I have a bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn that I want to sell you cheap!) -
mdefreitas wrote: 92 points
May 30, 1999 - Deep, dark red color. Big port like nose. Heavy extract and a long hot finish. An big, bruising, "over the top" style of Zinfandel.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1997
- Type Red
- Producer Mara
- Varietal Zinfandel
- Designation Reserve
- Vineyard Windsor Gardens Ranch
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Russian River Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1 (17%)
- Consumed 5 (83%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- VarietyZinfandel
- DesignationReserve
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationRussian River Valley
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