2006 Martinelli Zinfandel Giuseppe & Luisa

Community Tasting Notes (77) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  8/12/2018 - hiltondg Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PnP from magnum. These wines are usually fruit and alcohol bombs when young. This bottle showed me a different side of Martinelli. This 2006 still had plenty of briary fruits, but was the most seamless Zin I've had in a while. The 16% alcohol was completely hidden behind the silky mouthfeel. I would say drink em if you've got em. I can't see this wine getting any better. Fantastic experience.

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  4/21/2016 - bluedog Likes this wine: 93 Points

  In its prime.

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  6/3/2015 - Minnesota wrote: 92 Points

  Vastly superior to bottle consumed in 2014.

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  5/25/2015 - oldwines Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Way too much alcohol. After 1-2 hours it tones down a little. Just not my preference...unbalanced, over extracted, fruit and alcohol bomb.

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  11/27/2014 - oldwines wrote: 89 Points

  Deep, dark garnet almost purple. Nose heavy on Jam and alcohol. This is a big wine with high fruit extraction and high ABV of 16.4%. Needs food to balance it. Not my favorite style of Zin.

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