No notes taken. Perfect PWSF provenance and condition. Clean cork 1/8" color. Decanted 1 hr. Slight micro sediment.
Light bricking rim. Nice body. Excellent generous fruit. Very well integrated and always a TOP FAVE of mine (especially this vineyard). Not hot at all. LONG finish around 50 seconds.
91 pts.
A little less impressive than my last one. Enjoy now ideally or within a couple of years.
One of my Dessert Island Zins.
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We've been talking recently about the potential for zin to age. So I opened my oldest zin here in PC.
Great clean, deep purple color. Nice Zin nose of blackberry, cedar, earth and leather. After an hour in the glass, it opened up and the blackberry, plum, licorice, white pepper and forest floor. Nice long finish.
I cannot say this improved with age as I didn't drink any in recent memory. But, I can say that this is still young, peppery (in a zin sort of way) and very refreshing with our pasta and spicy meatball dinner. This wine is still exactly what an excellent zin should be at 8 years-old ... or three.
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1/2/2013 - CarpeVinoDiem wrote:
Gifted to Chris and Amy. I'll note if I get to taste this one again.
Awesome 91 pts in the past and one of my TOP Faves.
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12/27/2012 - CarpeVinoDiem Likes this wine: 91 Points
No notes taken.
Perfect PWSF provenance and condition.
Clean cork 1/8" color.
Decanted 1 hr.
Slight micro sediment.
Light bricking rim. Nice body. Excellent generous fruit. Very well integrated and always a TOP FAVE of mine (especially this vineyard).
Not hot at all.
LONG finish around 50 seconds.
91 pts.
A little less impressive than my last one. Enjoy now ideally or within a couple of years.
One of my Dessert Island Zins.
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8/29/2012 - CarpeVinoDiem wrote: 92 Points
No notes taken.
Decanted 1 hr.
GREAT big beefy yet smooth Zin. Big body, bright integrated fruit, Long finish.
Now or revisit in a few yrs.
92 pts.
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6/6/2009 - vintage72 wrote: 91 Points
still young. could go for a few more years. bit hot at first but settled down.
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3/3/2009 - wequedad wrote: 91 Points
We've been talking recently about the potential for zin to age. So I opened my oldest zin here in PC.
Great clean, deep purple color. Nice Zin nose of blackberry, cedar, earth and leather. After an hour in the glass, it opened up and the blackberry, plum, licorice, white pepper and forest floor. Nice long finish.
I cannot say this improved with age as I didn't drink any in recent memory. But, I can say that this is still young, peppery (in a zin sort of way) and very refreshing with our pasta and spicy meatball dinner. This wine is still exactly what an excellent zin should be at 8 years-old ... or three.
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