I love Zin and can always find something interesting in an old bottle - at 12 years this wine still seems like a wonderful drink to me with minty, peppery, and cherry-cola.
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Lighter style of Zin than I typically like, but this was a charming wine. Decanted and aerated 2 hours before drinking. Strawberry jam and rose on the nose. Delicate flavours of strawberry, coffee and white chocolate.
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Medium body, classic styled old vine Zin. Nose of licorice and cherry. Dried fruit and almond on the palate. Drinking very well now. Not likely to improve with additional ageing.
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Used a Venturi and decanted for an additional 20 minutes. Initial nose was strident, with sharp alcohol/ether-like notes, opened up slowly, but impressed musty notes, cardboard, peat, deep black cherry, spicy, but also hot. First glass at 20 minutes without food was not too impressive, but paired with Greek pizza and another 20 minutes waiting allowed it to open and the hottness subsided. Nice notes of cherry cola, boysenberry, currant, and coffee. Fruit evened out through the mid palate and the finish was clean, albeit, short. Perfect for food pairing, but wouldn't drink alone. I preferred the 2003 and even the 2005 in comparison.
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8/14/2018 - owr Likes this wine: 88 Points
I love Zin and can always find something interesting in an old bottle - at 12 years this wine still seems like a wonderful drink to me with minty, peppery, and cherry-cola.
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4/11/2015 - TashNYC wrote:
Cellar clean-up Zinfandel.
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11/11/2011 - NoseKnows Likes this wine: 89 Points
Lighter style of Zin than I typically like, but this was a charming wine. Decanted and aerated 2 hours before drinking. Strawberry jam and rose on the nose. Delicate flavours of strawberry, coffee and white chocolate.
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6/11/2011 - NoseKnows wrote: 89 Points
Medium body, classic styled old vine Zin. Nose of licorice and cherry. Dried fruit and almond on the palate. Drinking very well now. Not likely to improve with additional ageing.
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11/9/2009 - BoilerLax wrote: 87 Points
Used a Venturi and decanted for an additional 20 minutes. Initial nose was strident, with sharp alcohol/ether-like notes, opened up slowly, but impressed musty notes, cardboard, peat, deep black cherry, spicy, but also hot. First glass at 20 minutes without food was not too impressive, but paired with Greek pizza and another 20 minutes waiting allowed it to open and the hottness subsided. Nice notes of cherry cola, boysenberry, currant, and coffee. Fruit evened out through the mid palate and the finish was clean, albeit, short. Perfect for food pairing, but wouldn't drink alone. I preferred the 2003 and even the 2005 in comparison.
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