2003 Lamborn Family Vineyards Zinfandel Papa's Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  1/7/2017 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  Popped and slow-ox for 1.5hrs. Aromas of red fruit and earth in the glass. Balanced flavors of black berry, cherry, and raspberry fruits with dusty tannin backbone that seems to be fading. Everything seems to work with each other in the wine, nicely balanced- but starting on the backside of the slope. Not bad for a 13 year old bottle of zinfandel... A real pleasant suprise.

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  12/2/2015 - Barry Raterink Likes this wine: 92 Points

  What a great wine. Doesn't seem like you can ever go wrong with Howell Mountain grapes. We drank this wine over 2 days, very dark fruit, has the signature pepper you come to expect, great acidity and the finish last for 20+ seconds. These wines can be aged for at least a decade and this wine is proof.

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  2/20/2015 - rama Likes this wine:

  Peppery nose. Fruit, pepper, decent balancing acid and tannins remain. A bit ripe. Bitter finish at PnP that goes away, leaving black fruit and sweet milk chocolate. Reminds me a bit of big Parker Aussie Shiraz, which I'll admit is enjoyable sometimes.

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  1/1/2013 - sfowine Likes this wine:

  NYD Open House. Wasn't sure how this would turn out when first opened. Slight oxidation, and super tight. Left bottle open for couple of hours and returned to find it had opened up nicely. Each bottle from '03 has been completely different- which doesn't instill confidence. Still- nice leather and blackberry jam notes, tannins still there but smoothed out- much bottle than last fall's bottle.

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  10/28/2012 - sfowine wrote:

  Cork broke about 5/6 of the way in the bottle, cork bottom was wet; I've stored it properly the whole time I've owned it. Not great start, but decanted and gave it a little airtime (30 mins). The nose was boysenberry, slight tar, wet leaves- nice- but a little hot on the palate, even with this bottle age. 15.4abv speaking up. Tannins were still present, so I might hold on the last bottle for 6mos. It did hold its own on Day Two (refrigerated in decanter). I usually love LFV more than this...

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