Community Tasting Notes 33

• DougSamuel Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 28, 2021 - Dark ruby with just some brick around the edges. Nose of Dried cherries, cola, red plum, fading to earthiness. Taste was a bit more restrained in terms of fruit. Dried cherry with dark cocoa going into a tart pomegranate. Finished with surprisingly firm with almost bitter tannins and an herbal character (majoram?). Nice wine and terrific memories. It's held up quite well, but clearly on the downslope of any reasonable drink window.

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• mflesh wrote: 92 points

  June 17, 2020 - Really impressed. This one has quite a bit of life left, although I do not feel it will appreciate anymore with bottle aging. The drink window on this wine is incredibly inaccurate. Upon cork pop, little bit of mushroom along with brambleberry nose did sort of concern me. Poured into glass and a quick swirl, this one had a little bit of awkwardness to it, and took probably 30 minutes to settle. After it did, it revealed a very nice structured wine. Brambly black cherry, boysenberry, hint of fig and plum. This one got a little more acidic towards the finish okay, but just a touch. Still a tiny bit of fine grit tannin towards the finish, but this one was so balanced and structured that it was a bit of a shocker. Far exceeded my expectation, which I expected it to be a little bit on the decline.

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• DougSamuel wrote: 91 points

  May 27, 2020 - Brick red, clearly aged. Nose was very expressive and belied the age. Dried cherries, raspberries and plum. All wrapped in a package with zingy acidity and smooth oak, with firm tannins, for a bitter finish. Oldest Zin we've had and incredibly impressed by how it's held up. Never would have guessed it was more than 6 years old. That said, while I greatly appreciate a wine like this on our anniversary, I wouldn't run to buy the age as I like newer vintages.

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• eldaveF Likes this wine:

  August 27, 2018 - very close to the end of its shelf life Aug 2018

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• Dave Ro Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 5, 2018 - Tasted with a group of five experienced wine amateurs and the consensus was that is one of the best Zins ever and in great shape for drinking. Tannins were resolved and there were tasty layers of spiciness and herbal complexity, and I’m glad we have a few more in the cellar for comparison over time. Bottom line: loved it.

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• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Lamborn Family Vineyards
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation Serendipity
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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• In Cellars 101 (33%)
• Consumed 207 (67%)

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