2002 Martinelli Zinfandel Vigneto di Evo

Community Tasting Notes (12) Median Score: 80 points

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  7/28/2008 - Jason Konvicka wrote: 68 Points

  One of the first wines that I have dumped down the drain in a LONG time. 65 points is generous. Wow! Prunes, sugar, and alcohol do not make a drinkable wine. Sadly, the bottle did not seem flawed. Just bad.

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  1/18/2008 - buckeye76 wrote: 91 Points

  BLACK CHERRIES AND SPICE IN THE NOSE. CHERRIES, LICORICE, AND CHOCOLATE IN THE FLAVOR. VERY RICH WINE WHICH DIDN'T SHOW IT'S 17.5% ALCOHOL LEVEL. MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.

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  6/29/2007 - lorenzo wrote: 50 Points

  way off. This may be the worst wine I've purchased from a "known" producer. just awful. light color. super thick mouthfeel. searing hot rubbing alcohol on the palate. cloying sweetness in the background, but dominated by the alcohol and takes on a "nail polish" taste. Literally undrinkable. They should pull these back (for a full refund.)

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  5/19/2007 - RiedelBeagle wrote: 89 Points

  This is very unusual wine. Most of the Martinelli pinots I've tasted have featured intense, uncomplicated, unapologetic onslaughts of sweet, bright red fruit that would make a classic Burgundian winemaker cringe in horror. This was my first Martinelli zinfandel. I'd say it's very much in the same style as the Martinelli pinots, but that this style became a bit bizarre when applied to zinfandel in this case. The wine is quite sweet, with one foot in the dessert wine category, and the other foot leaving the ground. It's very, very fruity, with characteristically bright and uncomplicated Martinelli fruit that in this case lies somewhere between cherry liqueur and cherry cough syrup. I'm not making it sound very good, but actually I quite enjoyed this wine. It's extremely unsophisticated stuff, but fun to drink. And I'd imagine it just hitting the spot when paired with the right food, maybe an Asian pork dish with a somewhat sweet sauce featuring soy and caramelized sugars. I might have awarded a score higher than 89, except that, about an hour and a half after opening the bottle, the fruit began to fade, and then it didn't take long for the 17.5% alcohol to start muscling in, like a gang of bikers that shows up at the club and starts wrecking the joint. 17.5%!! Martinelli printed "17.5%" on the label, and then went ahead and released the wine as though that was normal. I liked this wine more than other reviewers here, and I've decided to keep my two remaining bottles rather than selling them. But I must agree that this wine comes off as some sort of weird experiment that probably shouldn't be repeated anytime soon.

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  7/1/2006 - win wrote: 80 Points

  Very sweet, unbalaced wine. Not that popular at the party last night. I have had much, much better from Martinelli, and the G&L is usually great.

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