2016 Outpost Zinfandel Howell Mountain

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  12/29/2023 - hughe wrote: 93 Points

  prime time. rich and to be savored. atypical great zin

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  10/8/2023 - Deryl Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Unusual profile, as noted in other reviews. The Zin fruit from this vineyard at the top of Howell Mtn consistently has a peppery note, and that was a little subdued in this bottle compared to others I've had. Having evolved this long it has developed a refinement we usually don't get in Zin.
  We enjoyed it with grass fed rib eyes off the grill.
  This is ready now. Maybe a little past prime. I see no benefit to waiting.

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  10/1/2023 - seijaro wrote: 91 Points

  A nice $20 Zin... wait, it's $52? What a ripoff.

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  8/21/2023 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Last one. Maybe the most average of them all, thus far. Could be this vintage has shot its wad and is now settling into just another red wine from here on out? Seems to me the last semblance of zin, has left the building.

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  7/10/2023 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I'll say it for those again....who haven't heard it before. This Zin drinks like a Cab. Even Jimbo had to stop and look at the bottle tonight to make sure.
  
  Dark purple in the glass. The nose is of dark berry fruit, difficult to tell if it's a cab of a zin at first. Great weight in the mouth, balanced acidity and tannin structure. Seems to benefit from 1-2 hours of air. Quite the pleasurable wine......this bottle borders on a 94 for me, but age is calming these animals down a bit..

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