2007 St. Amant Winery Zinfandel Old Vines Mohr-Fry Ranch Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  5/23/2011 - VeniceCalif wrote: 86 Points

  Decanted 2 hrs ahead. Dark ruby color. Blackberries, currants, vanilla, cola on the nose, with some alcoholic heat. It's earthy and musty besides the fruit, which is good. On the palate, it's very full-bodied. Is it jammy? Somewhat. But it does have a certain syrupy quality that comes from intense fruit and moderate acidity. Licorice and iron filings in the finish, ahead of light tannins. This is Lodi (and I like Lodi). It's intense, even monstrous. But it has an earthy and ferny quality that keeps things interesting. With this wine I had a grass-fed rib-eye with a cilantro/cumin rub; it needed it.

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  2/18/2011 - rod.gibson wrote: 90 Points

  Wonderful smooth Zin

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  11/26/2010 - Jack O'Brien wrote:

  Very jammy and overripe fruit - good wine if that's your style but it lacked any personality.

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  5/17/2010 - Jack O'Brien wrote:

  Great fruity nose of dark fruits and berries but the alcohol on the palate disrupts the flow of the wine's flavors. Not very complex and sinlge-minded.

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  12/25/2009 - D H Grant wrote: 91 Points

  Ripe blackberry, raspberry, dark chocolate with that edge of tropical earthy citrus on the nose. The palate has juicy fruit with juicy black current, blackberry, dark raspberry, with that earthy edge and herbal side touching on the back of the palate and finish. Deep and rich but buoyed by decent acidity and braced by spicy background tannins. Spicy, luscious, balanced food friendly zin. This did not bottom out and drag my palate down. Was not an overly alcohol laden fruit bomb. Zin - full and classy.

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