1998 Venge Vineyards Scout's Honor

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  2/20/2021 - rmcnees wrote: 87 Points

  At twenty-two years, the fill level, label, cork and foil were in ideal condition.
  
  Upon opening this had a funky barnyard nose, which as expected did burn off after forty-five minutes to an hour.
  
  Never-the-less, the tasting profile was remarkably consistent with earlier tasting nine years earlier as if this wine is stuck in time at that point, this vintage selection was showing its age - with a bit of that brownish-orange rust hue rimming the glass, and the same earthy leather bramble taste that may have taken over for some of the fruit. It resembled the same medium body with black raspberry and black cherry fruits accented by smoke and hints of creosote and some earthy leather.

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  3/17/2012 - rmcnees wrote: 87 Points

  This vintage selection was showing its age - from the brownish-orange rust hue rimming the glass to the earthy leather bramble taste that may have taken over for some of the fruit. Never-the-less the medium body was full of black raspberry and black cherry fruits accented by smoke and hints of creosote. Resembles the 1996 more than the 2001 release of this wine.

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  9/24/2009 - Mark wrote: 90 Points

  I have to say, this bottle exceeded my expectation. It was downright tasty, not bad for an 11 year old Zin, and from Venge! Forty minutes of air seemed to improve it> Nice long finish.

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