2008 Talty Winery Zinfandel Dwight Family

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 86.8 points

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  8/4/2023 - studleytrey Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Last of 4 and wow it's good tonight. Funny how I thought the bottle in 2015 was not as good as '12 and '13, and this might be the best yet!
  
  Garnet in color. Smells like the same mix of red fruits, mixed florals, and dry spice drawer, but somehow more exotic potpourri and intoxicating. A little fresh herbs too. Medium body and acid, medium (+) length, with flavors of dark cherry (bourbon soaked?), lemon, orange, fair amount of spice, and minerals. This is really nice tonight. 👌

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  12/30/2015 - studleytrey wrote: 90 Points

  Eh, haters are gonna hate I guess...Well, this is not as bright and fresh as it was in '12 and '13, and while the floral rose and violet notes are still coming across on the nose, along with red fruits and dried spice drawer, it's more subdued than it once was. Tart red raspberry and sour cherry notes on the palate, along with lemon and spice, with fairly bright acidity and medium body and finish. This was a knockout a few years ago, and is definitely showing some aged characteristics now, and although it's a notch below what it once was for me, I'm inclined to drink my last bottle at the age of 10 just to experiment (what's to lose?). I recently had a '97 Turley that was long considered dead according to the CT consensus, and it was a flat out show stopper, so let's see what happens.

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  3/31/2015 - hesnctrl Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Yep..way past its prime. Fruit is gone.

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  12/25/2014 - hesnctrl Does not like this wine: 86 Points

  PnP. Medium crimson in color with some bricking. Not a whole lot on the nose but toast and dried berries and rose petals. Sadly, I have to agree that its best days have probably past as the fruit is just not there. Its light on its feet, but at this point, the oak is dominant.
  
  Tasted in a Riedel Vinum Chianti Classico glass at 60F.

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  12/7/2014 - ebert Does not like this wine: 84 Points

  Past its prime

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