With all of the bad CT notes, I was expecting much worse but this was a solid Napa zin. Medium intensity red fruits on the nose along with a bit of peppery spice. Similar flavors on the palate with sweet and tart red raspberry notes and some mineral driven flavors on the back end. Medium acid and tannin but finished short. I enjoyed the wine although wouldn't rebuy. Perhaps the additional time sideways helped smooth it out?
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An interesting Zin actually. Not the usual big jammy- throughout variety. Ok yes, ripe blackberry nose, but it was balanced and had some hints of white flowers, creamy vanilla and funky spice on the palate. nice long finish. A do over for sure.
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Popped and poured. Barely recognisable as a Zin, with lots of acidity, rough tannins and lacking balance. Decided to revisit the next day, hoping for some improvement...but took a turn for the worse and was totally disgusting. Very disappointing at any price!
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Still very acidic relative to the fruit, but trending in the right direction. Two more bottles in offsite, so maybe I'll be proven wrong. Otherwise, they'd be opened, inevitably to make room for something else, and perhaps too early. Still overpriced.....
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8/2/2013 - Rich S wrote: 88 Points
With all of the bad CT notes, I was expecting much worse but this was a solid Napa zin. Medium intensity red fruits on the nose along with a bit of peppery spice. Similar flavors on the palate with sweet and tart red raspberry notes and some mineral driven flavors on the back end. Medium acid and tannin but finished short. I enjoyed the wine although wouldn't rebuy. Perhaps the additional time sideways helped smooth it out?
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2/17/2013 - KravChick Likes this wine:
An interesting Zin actually. Not the usual big jammy- throughout variety. Ok yes, ripe blackberry nose, but it was balanced and had some hints of white flowers, creamy vanilla and funky spice on the palate. nice long finish. A do over for sure.
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9/25/2011 - folsomarndt wrote: 79 Points
Popped and poured. Barely recognisable as a Zin, with lots of acidity, rough tannins and lacking balance. Decided to revisit the next day, hoping for some improvement...but took a turn for the worse and was totally disgusting. Very disappointing at any price!
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5/9/2011 - samiamx_1999 wrote: 84 Points
Too much wood, bad QPR.
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9/2/2009 - vanpe003 wrote: 85 Points
Still very acidic relative to the fruit, but trending in the right direction. Two more bottles in offsite, so maybe I'll be proven wrong. Otherwise, they'd be opened, inevitably to make room for something else, and perhaps too early. Still overpriced.....
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