2012 Robert Biale Zinfandel Black Chicken

Community Tasting Notes (86) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  9/6/2023 - wino121 wrote: 92 Points

  Stellar, integrated, ripe and ready, I’m actually surprised it’s held up this long..
  Drink now.
  I wouldn’t wait much longer.

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  7/12/2021 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 93 Points

  What a wonderfully aged Zinfandel! The dark fruit is still present and accounted for, but it is walking side by side with garrigue, damp earth and Mediterranean spice notes. This wine was fantastic until the last drop. Good juice.

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  2/13/2021 - Glencoewine wrote: 87 Points

  Prior bottle notes were from Jan 2018 and this was a different wine three years ago. I kept this bottle too long. As some recent reviews have noted, this appears faded and past its prime. It had an ok drinking window after about 60 min of air, but then seemed to fall apart, and wasn't good on day two. Drink up soon.

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  11/20/2020 - ebert Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep, fresh red fruit flavors with great complexity and mouth feel. Soft, complex tannins with clean, long finish. I'd drink soon since I don't think it will improve, but should last another 3 years and still have bright fruit flavors

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  1/5/2020 - casjf Likes this wine: 93 Points

  At its prime now. Delightful accompaniment to shrimp, andouille sausage, and chicken jambalaya. Black pepper and anise upon opening morphed to tobacco and black plum an hour or so later. Let breathe at least 30 minutes.

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