Community Tasting Note

J @ y H @ c k wrote:

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - Bought about a decade ago and stored just to see how it would age. 88 = low end of excellent, and that's what it was. There was no WOW, but still an excellent wine. When people say that aged zinfandel is claret-like, this is what they are talking about. Would easily have been mistaken for, let's say, a third or fourth groth St. Estephe. There was a light lathery component reflecting the age and moderate fruit. No oxidation in my bottle, as Wetrock found last year in his CT note. Condition was perfect and exactly what you would expect from a 13 year old wine. I thought the fruit was a bit light, red, dark and brooding, but my wife found stronger fruit. No tanins, no astringency, no jammy zinfandel sweetness. All the rough edges were gone. This disappeared quickly over dinner.

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