Color - Medium to dark Garnet Nose - Jam, spice, plum, Berries. Palate - A bit of a bite, harshness or bitterness on forward portion of tongue that covered up the fruit, could not get past. As it opened up in the glass the harshness began to dissipate and fruit began to show but never disappeared, may need some age in the bottle. Not bad but not good. 24 hours later the off taste is gone and the fruit is now there. The wine is a bit flat, lacking acid, which is to be expected when grapes are picked at a higher brix to get the higher alcohol and more fruit forwardness. Age did as I thought it would once opened.
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4/22/2020 - Paulzzz Likes this wine: 90 Points
A blackberry/blueberry aroma. Tastes of blackberry and blueberry, not jammy but fruity. Finishes long with blackberry (soda?).
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11/9/2019 - sdahar Likes this wine: 91 Points
A rich without being jammy. This zinfandel is drinking real well now and I am sure will improve with age.
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7/19/2019 - Jamul Wino wrote: 85 Points
Color - Medium to dark Garnet
Nose - Jam, spice, plum, Berries.
Palate - A bit of a bite, harshness or bitterness on forward portion of tongue that covered up the fruit, could not get past. As it opened up in the glass the harshness began to dissipate and fruit began to show but never disappeared, may need some age in the bottle. Not bad but not good.
24 hours later the off taste is gone and the fruit is now there. The wine is a bit flat, lacking acid, which is to be expected when grapes are picked at a higher brix to get the higher alcohol and more fruit forwardness. Age did as I thought it would once opened.
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5/14/2019 - Teamrehfeld wrote: 91 Points
Quite good. Hot, spicy, jammy, fruity, and a hint of oak.
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3/9/2019 - zin-fan-delaware Likes this wine: 90 Points
Another beautiful Mazzocco Zinfandel. Excellent fruit, balanced. Relatively high alcohol at 15.8%. Drinks nice now, but a few years aging could help.
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