These Woodenhead Zins in my opinion have been of high quality for many vintages. Well sourced and usually higher abv’s. While years of cellar time diminishes the acidity in this 2014 offering, the fruit still shines. Sweet cherries, jammy, but enough acidity to bring it from the middle to the finish, which is medium length. This wine should be in the drink now window, but Zinfandel fans won’t be disappointed.
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Nice blend. Wonderful nose revealing earthy cherry and plum? Full bodied, medium length finish. Very drinkable, excellent last year, and good now, but will probably peak soon. I have found Unti wines to be high quality, but they tend to peak within 5 years. I would buy this again.
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Apart from the strange name, this is a nice Zin cuvée from Woodenhead. Big and jammy with concentrated cherries and some raspberry on the finish which is dry and lengthy. Higher alcohol is well integrated. This wine is in the happy to drink window.
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3/28/2013 8:06:00 AM - I appreciate your comments. Part of what makes wine fun is hearing how people translate taste and aroma into words. Bottles in a case lot can differ, temperature, aeration, all factor in. My cellar runs fairly cool so perhaps the bottle I opened yesterday still had more pizazz(acidity) than yours did. I believe you are correct in stating that its time to drink through the rest of these in the next few months. I like Dutton wines alot. Their Syrah are excellent and fly under the radar. Still enjoying 2004-2005 Dutton Syrah, but they too are at the topped out end of the curve.
3/27/2013 9:05:00 PM - I think we are probably splitting hairs here but whatever. I think that the lack of acidity is a flaw. Call it a new world vs old world style perhaps? The acidity that there is in this wine is "mellowing out" and is fast loosing its ability to counterpoint the ripe fruit so we are left with a jammy (albeit yummy) soft (flabby) mature fruit bomb that to my way of thinking is not what fine Pinot is all about. It also lacked the spicey nuances that many Pinots in this area are know for. Its like the dancer got tired and is now beginning to drag her feet.......She's not down (yet) but you can already see how this one is going to end.
2014 Woodenhead Zinfandel Mariah
4/18/2024 - filstan Likes this wine: 89 Points
These Woodenhead Zins in my opinion have been of high quality for many vintages. Well sourced and usually higher abv’s. While years of cellar time diminishes the acidity in this 2014 offering, the fruit still shines. Sweet cherries, jammy, but enough acidity to bring it from the middle to the finish, which is medium length. This wine should be in the drink now window, but Zinfandel fans won’t be disappointed.
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2020 Unti Vineyards Rosso del Campo
2/3/2024 - filstan wrote: 89 Points
Nice blend. Wonderful nose revealing earthy cherry and plum? Full bodied, medium length finish. Very drinkable, excellent last year, and good now, but will probably peak soon. I have found Unti wines to be high quality, but they tend to peak within 5 years. I would buy this again.
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2015 Woodenhead Zinfandel Mendonoma
10/4/2023 - filstan wrote: 90 Points
Apart from the strange name, this is a nice Zin cuvée from Woodenhead. Big and jammy with concentrated cherries and some raspberry on the finish which is dry and lengthy. Higher alcohol is well integrated. This wine is in the happy to drink window.
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