Showing tertiary notes, definitely an aged wine. Finish is short, not much lingering beyond some initial fruit. Good fruit core through the mid-palate.
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Seems to have reverted to my earlier impression from 2013: "Popped and poured with bread and cheese. I agree with winegr, this is an atypical zin- reminds me of some Italian wines- earth, minerals, stong tannins, exotic spices. It also seemed quite closed to me. This was my second bottle and continues to reveal relatively little." This time, however, the drying tannins were pretty imposing and unbalanced. I think the window my have passes on this. Apparently, I liked this better in 2015 when I rated it more highly. I have 2 left. Perhaps it will see better years.
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7/27/2023 - enthusiastic_amateur Likes this wine: 87 Points
Showing tertiary notes, definitely an aged wine. Finish is short, not much lingering beyond some initial fruit. Good fruit core through the mid-palate.
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8/17/2020 - short and confused wrote:
Pretty rough stuff at this point. A wine for masochists.
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6/17/2019 - huberww wrote:
Much better on night 3, dry tannins and all. Alas, our last bottle ...
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7/18/2018 - wineisfinebwq Likes this wine: 93 Points
Smooth well balance raspberry tea and spice.
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1/6/2018 - short and confused wrote: 88 Points
Seems to have reverted to my earlier impression from 2013: "Popped and poured with bread and cheese. I agree with winegr, this is an atypical zin- reminds me of some Italian wines- earth, minerals, stong tannins, exotic spices. It also seemed quite closed to me. This was my second bottle and continues to reveal relatively little." This time, however, the drying tannins were pretty imposing and unbalanced. I think the window my have passes on this. Apparently, I liked this better in 2015 when I rated it more highly. I have 2 left. Perhaps it will see better years.
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