Decanted for about an hour... Lots of white pepper and dark fruit. Nice lengthy finish. This has improved significantly since last time I tasted this vintage 6-8 months ago.. Should drink well at least through 2008 if not later.
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Drank with pizza. Medium garnet color leads to a nose of pepper, tar, and blackberry. The body caries these flavors forward but also adds bramble, dark plum, and vanilla. The finish is smooth with no evidence of heat. I love Zahtila's zins. This wine manages to walk the line of big and hedonistic without straying into overly ripe and alcoholic. Good Job.
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Drank with chili. Tastes of pepper, spice and plum. Firm tannins. Good alone but exceptional with food. Not quite as good as other bottles of this wine I have had. Still a great wine for $35.
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3/4/2007 - GodStreetWine wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for about an hour... Lots of white pepper and dark fruit. Nice lengthy finish. This has improved significantly since last time I tasted this vintage 6-8 months ago.. Should drink well at least through 2008 if not later.
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1/19/2007 - flashvictor wrote: 92 Points
Drank with pizza. Medium garnet color leads to a nose of pepper, tar, and blackberry. The body caries these flavors forward but also adds bramble, dark plum, and vanilla. The finish is smooth with no evidence of heat. I love Zahtila's zins. This wine manages to walk the line of big and hedonistic without straying into overly ripe and alcoholic. Good Job.
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2/7/2006 - flashvictor wrote: 91 Points
Drank with chili. Tastes of pepper, spice and plum. Firm tannins. Good alone but exceptional with food. Not quite as good as other bottles of this wine I have had. Still a great wine for $35.
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