Served at a dinner party after many wines and following another older Napa old vine zin so this is just a general impression. Nice aromatics and good fruit flavors dominate. There is nice extraction but with a sense of elegance and refinement. Fairly broad finish which is smooth and satisfying. That said the wine did not seem fully integrated, there was was a bit of a hole with some rough edges between the front palate and the mid which detracted a bit from the overall experience. Having not tasted this at release I suspect that this may just be corrected (hopefully) with more bottle age. If it does my score would go up accordingly. Of note others tonight liked it a bit better then me.... I would love to try this again in about 5-6 years and i don't think there is much risk in waiting. Went back to read the back of the bottle today before posting. Quite the story with a fortunate happy ending for the Lamborn Family -always good to earn of such outcomes.
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Really delicious Zin! Much more balanced and integrated now vs the first time we tasted it a little more than a year ago. The time in bottle has really helped to soften the tannins and help the mid palate evolve. Lots of black cherry, raspberry and a touch of the Zin spice hit on all cylinders! A touch of leather on the end. Didn’t decant this time but I would imagine that Would only help. Paired with Italian dinner (lasagna).
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Certainly a very nice wine. We had this 3rd of the night so it's possible my palate was a little overwhelmed, but it was less impressive than I expected. Very dark and earthy in the Howell mountain way, but less of the explosive fruit I've seen from lamborn in the past.
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1/25/2024 - Forrestland Likes this wine:
Delicious. Still has some years left
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8/20/2023 - bon vivant wrote: 91 Points
Served at a dinner party after many wines and following another older Napa old vine zin so this is just a general impression. Nice aromatics and good fruit flavors dominate. There is nice extraction but with a sense of elegance and refinement. Fairly broad finish which is smooth and satisfying. That said the wine did not seem fully integrated, there was was a bit of a hole with some rough edges between the front palate and the mid which detracted a bit from the overall experience. Having not tasted this at release I suspect that this may just be corrected (hopefully) with more bottle age. If it does my score would go up accordingly. Of note others tonight liked it a bit better then me.... I would love to try this again in about 5-6 years and i don't think there is much risk in waiting. Went back to read the back of the bottle today before posting. Quite the story with a fortunate happy ending for the Lamborn Family -always good to earn of such outcomes.
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10/5/2020 - Mds319 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really delicious Zin! Much more balanced and integrated now vs the first time we tasted it a little more than a year ago. The time in bottle has really helped to soften the tannins and help the mid palate evolve. Lots of black cherry, raspberry and a touch of the Zin spice hit on all cylinders! A touch of leather on the end. Didn’t decant this time but I would imagine that Would only help. Paired with Italian dinner (lasagna).
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2/15/2020 - DougSamuel Likes this wine: 91 Points
Certainly a very nice wine. We had this 3rd of the night so it's possible my palate was a little overwhelmed, but it was less impressive than I expected. Very dark and earthy in the Howell mountain way, but less of the explosive fruit I've seen from lamborn in the past.
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1/17/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 90 Points
ZAP TRADE TASTING, nose of briar, dark fruit, and heat, same on the palate, rich fruit, intense fruit, mouth filling fruit, touch simple.
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