Ravenswood has been doing Zin right for a long time, and even these entry level wines will age, if you let them - cedary, smoky, oaky and peppery kicked things off - it was definitely an interesting wine and still somewhat alive with barely perceptible dark fruits lingering in the background, it was smooth and came off fairly light on the finish.
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Excellent, 13.5% alc. colour: dark chocolate, Bouquet: raspberry. and pepper, some vanilla oak, slightly metallic character which is quite varietal Palate: as bouquet, 'rich, soft and savoury', quite full a bodied, smooth, soft tannins, balanced, and developed fruit, clean long finish July 2015
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12/1/2017 - owr wrote: 80 Points
Ravenswood has been doing Zin right for a long time, and even these entry level wines will age, if you let them - cedary, smoky, oaky and peppery kicked things off - it was definitely an interesting wine and still somewhat alive with barely perceptible dark fruits lingering in the background, it was smooth and came off fairly light on the finish.
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7/12/2015 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent, 13.5% alc.
colour: dark chocolate,
Bouquet: raspberry. and pepper, some vanilla oak, slightly metallic character which is quite varietal
Palate: as bouquet, 'rich, soft and savoury', quite full a bodied, smooth, soft tannins, balanced, and developed fruit, clean long finish
July 2015
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11/19/2014 - owr wrote: 85 Points
There was a fair bit of plum still involved in both the nose and taste, but there was also a whole lotta smoky and spicy notes to contend with.
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8/25/2012 - ctlassoc wrote: 74 Points
Bought this from a wine bin. Way too late to dink this one. Took a chance. Lost. Thin. No fruit structure. Dumped it.
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5/29/2011 - Xtriguy wrote: 79 Points
What can I say?
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