PnP from magnum. These wines are usually fruit and alcohol bombs when young. This bottle showed me a different side of Martinelli. This 2006 still had plenty of briary fruits, but was the most seamless Zin I've had in a while. The 16% alcohol was completely hidden behind the silky mouthfeel. I would say drink em if you've got em. I can't see this wine getting any better. Fantastic experience.
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Deep, dark garnet almost purple. Nose heavy on Jam and alcohol. This is a big wine with high fruit extraction and high ABV of 16.4%. Needs food to balance it. Not my favorite style of Zin.
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8/12/2018 - hiltondg Likes this wine: 94 Points
PnP from magnum. These wines are usually fruit and alcohol bombs when young. This bottle showed me a different side of Martinelli. This 2006 still had plenty of briary fruits, but was the most seamless Zin I've had in a while. The 16% alcohol was completely hidden behind the silky mouthfeel. I would say drink em if you've got em. I can't see this wine getting any better. Fantastic experience.
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4/21/2016 - bluedog Likes this wine: 93 Points
In its prime.
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6/3/2015 - Minnesota wrote: 92 Points
Vastly superior to bottle consumed in 2014.
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5/25/2015 - oldwines Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Way too much alcohol. After 1-2 hours it tones down a little. Just not my preference...unbalanced, over extracted, fruit and alcohol bomb.
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11/27/2014 - oldwines wrote: 89 Points
Deep, dark garnet almost purple. Nose heavy on Jam and alcohol. This is a big wine with high fruit extraction and high ABV of 16.4%. Needs food to balance it. Not my favorite style of Zin.
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