Delicious. Smooth. Lots of fruit, but not sweet. Easy to drink. Paired well with grilled spspice sausage and cole slaw. Has the body to stand up to bold flavors.
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Very drinkable. Paired well with Keto pizza and a salad with a pungent blue cheese dressing. A little bitter at the end. Full mouth feel. We think it needed more time to open. We'll know tomorrow with what we have left.
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I'm not a fan of Zinfandel at all--and even had Calcareous remove me from their quartely shipment "club" because they kept sending me Zins and ZSMs. But...I actually thought this was a decent wine that we enjoyed with an upscale spaghetti and meatballs (seriously). The addition of Syrah and Mourvedre seemed to take the sweet edge off the Zin and made for an easy drinking and tasty red. I'm not going to get back on the Calcareous list over this one bottle, but can say that I'm not dreading having to drink the 4 bottles I have cellared.
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Way better than my last bottle. A one hour decant was very beneficial. Very silky mouth feel. A wine that you can taste all three varietals, but yet you don't taste all three! Very well blended to make this wine a unique taste experience.
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Incredible blend, but beware the EtOH content. This wine goes down really easily, as it is very full bodied with soft tannins and lots of back fruit, but the alcohol will get you!
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3/12/2022 - bradfriedlander Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious. Smooth. Lots of fruit, but not sweet. Easy to drink. Paired well with grilled spspice sausage and cole slaw. Has the body to stand up to bold flavors.
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1/12/2021 - bradfriedlander Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very drinkable. Paired well with Keto pizza and a salad with a pungent blue cheese dressing. A little bitter at the end. Full mouth feel. We think it needed more time to open. We'll know tomorrow with what we have left.
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6/14/2019 - Immigrator wrote: 91 Points
A bit of a bite on opening, but consistent with the previous bottle. Nice.
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2/28/2019 - Immigrator wrote: 90 Points
I'm not a fan of Zinfandel at all--and even had Calcareous remove me from their quartely shipment "club" because they kept sending me Zins and ZSMs. But...I actually thought this was a decent wine that we enjoyed with an upscale spaghetti and meatballs (seriously). The addition of Syrah and Mourvedre seemed to take the sweet edge off the Zin and made for an easy drinking and tasty red. I'm not going to get back on the Calcareous list over this one bottle, but can say that I'm not dreading having to drink the 4 bottles I have cellared.
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1/25/2019 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
Way better than my last bottle. A one hour decant was very beneficial. Very silky mouth feel. A wine that you can taste all three varietals, but yet you don't taste all three! Very well blended to make this wine a unique taste experience.
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1/13/2019 - SLOFred wrote: 89 Points
Definitely not one of my better Calcareous bottles. Just shallower than usual. Bad bottle?? I hope. I have one more left, we shall see.
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10/15/2018 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wonderful, chewy red wine. Another great Calcareous blend.
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9/23/2018 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great blend. Unique combination of flavors.
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6/21/2018 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
Another great Calcareous blend. I buy this every year as it is a great wine.
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1/28/2018 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
Incredible blend, but beware the EtOH content. This wine goes down really easily, as it is very full bodied with soft tannins and lots of back fruit, but the alcohol will get you!
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1/15/2018 - Shei wrote:
Great with smoked pulled pork!
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11/21/2017 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still a bit tannic. If you can keep your hands off of this for another 3 years, do it. It is great now but the tannins need to soften.
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10/3/2017 - JimmyR Likes this wine: 92 Points
loved it... really good
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6/9/2017 - Ineosmith Likes this wine: 91 Points
Not too jammy. Nice!
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4/30/2017 - elblufer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Had over two days. Significantly better second day. Hold a few more years. Second say lots of ripe fruit, balanced, delicious.
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