43rd Annual Zinfandel Retrospective - the 2016s (R&D’s): Blind. Red color with a slightly lighter meniscus. Notes of red berry fruit, plum and coffee bean. Medium-bodied, with flavors of briary red fruit and pepper. Takes on a slight blue fruit quality with air- could be a stable mate to wine C...Biale's wines can sometimes take on blue fruit notes. Balanced, with a fruit-filled finish. 92-93 pts. (R&D)
My #2, Domino's #1 Group #1, 22 pts.
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A nose of dark fruits and spices, dark purple in color. A full bodied red, with black cherry, smokey pepper and spice on long finish, short decant. www.winelx.com
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Very nice, in a good drinking place right now. Dark silky fruit with tar, earth and a bit of sweetness. Juicy. Dark toasted oak, baking spices. Full throttle. Just a hair sweeter than I'd like. Drink now and over the next few years.
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Ideal drinking spot for me- plush berry fruits that are fully integrated, and still youthful. Not showing signs of age by why wait. Great match w carne asada.
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5/11/2024 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
43rd Annual Zinfandel Retrospective - the 2016s (R&D’s): Blind. Red color with a slightly lighter meniscus. Notes of red berry fruit, plum and coffee bean. Medium-bodied, with flavors of briary red fruit and pepper. Takes on a slight blue fruit quality with air- could be a stable mate to wine C...Biale's wines can sometimes take on blue fruit notes. Balanced, with a fruit-filled finish. 92-93 pts. (R&D)
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4/8/2024 - galewskj wrote: flawed
Last bottle and sadly corked. Wet cardboard on the nose, absolutely nothing on the palate.
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4/4/2024 - corkscrews Likes this wine: 91 Points
A nose of dark fruits and spices, dark purple in color. A full bodied red, with black cherry, smokey pepper and spice on long finish, short decant. www.winelx.com
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3/27/2024 - MRichman wrote:
Very nice, in a good drinking place right now. Dark silky fruit with tar, earth and a bit of sweetness. Juicy. Dark toasted oak, baking spices. Full throttle. Just a hair sweeter than I'd like. Drink now and over the next few years.
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3/18/2024 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ideal drinking spot for me- plush berry fruits that are fully integrated, and still youthful. Not showing signs of age by why wait. Great match w carne asada.
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