Big fruit bomb. Rich and chewy. Black fruit. Tobacco, blackberry, leather. The 15.5 ABV drives this wine. Little zin flavors. Nice flavors but over powered by the ABV.
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Retailer tasting; just short notes. (@ AB): Ripe dark forest fruits, sweet spices, a firm amount of sweetness, mild acidity and round tannin. Overall an ok wine. 87 - 88
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Lots of black cherry on the nose with juicy berry on the palate and a nice spicy finish. An elegant, refined zin that is a nice break from the overripe fruit bombs of Paso or Lodi.
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Blind Zinfandel Tasting (Prior Lake, MN): An interesting zinfandel which stood out as the oddball in this tasting lineup as it didn't seem to taste like zinfandel. Loads of spice and earth, a little anise/tobacco, but very little fruit. This was a divisive wine, receiving both 3 first place votes but also 2 second to last place votes. My #6 of 7 wines, wife #3, group's 1st place.
4/7/2020 - dars_blog Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice, solid zin for the price. Lots of spice and pepper, with nice dark fruit flavors. Still vibrant and should last at least another 5 years.
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12/26/2018 - joet626 wrote: 87 Points
Not much to this. Sort of bland
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6/10/2018 - Tjjm Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderful zin. Bought it in 2016 for $26. I would be willing to pay double. Spice and pepper at the end. Nice tannins, leather and ash.
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10/8/2017 - azcowino wrote: 87 Points
Big fruit bomb. Rich and chewy. Black fruit. Tobacco, blackberry, leather. The 15.5 ABV drives this wine. Little zin flavors. Nice flavors but over powered by the ABV.
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3/12/2017 - pgartner Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice Zinfandel & easy to drink with any food
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11/21/2016 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points
Retailer tasting; just short notes. (@ AB): Ripe dark forest fruits, sweet spices, a firm amount of sweetness, mild acidity and round tannin. Overall an ok wine. 87 - 88
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10/30/2016 - vinovoyager Likes this wine: 89 Points
Lots of black cherry on the nose with juicy berry on the palate and a nice spicy finish. An elegant, refined zin that is a nice break from the overripe fruit bombs of Paso or Lodi.
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10/1/2016 - jzebrack wrote: 89 Points
actually was much better on 2nd day
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8/18/2016 - gepascuzzi Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Overpowering body, never mellowed
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3/26/2016 - GoBlue2002 wrote: 89 Points
Blind Zinfandel Tasting (Prior Lake, MN): An interesting zinfandel which stood out as the oddball in this tasting lineup as it didn't seem to taste like zinfandel.
Loads of spice and earth, a little anise/tobacco, but very little fruit.
This was a divisive wine, receiving both 3 first place votes but also 2 second to last place votes.
My #6 of 7 wines, wife #3, group's 1st place.
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