Pours brick red with a brownish hue, been open for an hour and the initial maderized nose has transformed to cherry and strawberry hard candy and leather with soft red fruit up front. This is really surprising with medium weight and texture. Still fairly grippy tannins and balancing acid with sweet red fruit pulling through the finish. Fabulous for what it is, a 31yr old Zinfandel. Sad that it will probably be a bottle of vinegar in a few hours. Fun journey though.
Day 2 update, this wine is ageless. Improved overnight. What a treat!
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5/19/2019 - Tom Myers wrote: 85 Points
Past its prime
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5/19/2019 - Tom Myers Likes this wine: 93 Points
Couldn’t believe how good this wine was. I thought it was way past its prime but it was excellent!
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11/30/2017 - River Rat Likes this wine:
Pours brick red with a brownish hue, been open for an hour and the initial maderized nose has transformed to cherry and strawberry hard candy and leather with soft red fruit up front. This is really surprising with medium weight and texture. Still fairly grippy tannins and balancing acid with sweet red fruit pulling through the finish. Fabulous for what it is, a 31yr old Zinfandel. Sad that it will probably be a bottle of vinegar in a few hours. Fun journey though.
Day 2 update, this wine is ageless. Improved overnight. What a treat!
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11/19/2016 - River Rat wrote:
A bit too advanced for this tasting. Hoping my last bottle has a nit of life left.
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4/29/2014 - t.c.green Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fabulous with 6 hour dry rub pork ribs, still plenty of depth and smoke, wish I had more
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