Community Tasting Note

jeff nowak wrote:

Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 16.4% alcohol. sonoma.

i was so enamored by the alexander zin from this vintage earlier this weekend, that i just couldn't resist opening a cousin. and, what do you know? the alcohol is even bigger in this wine. so, if i like this wine, and i reveal that it isn't throwing off any heat, or that it's fruit filled instead of pruny, will you all recant the comments about how i waited to drink my 2000 carlisle zins too long? sure you will.

there was a bit of VA on the initial nose that fortunately didn't hang around too long. it is a big boy, but in a rewarding way, and it went great with homemade pizza tonight. i liked the bold midpalate that was black fruit laden, and a finish that wasn't an alcoholic mess. i'm not ready to declare it on par with the 97 martinelli jackass hill, but a guy could do a helluva lot worse, and of course, i recently did.

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