1997 Joseph Swan Vineyards Zinfandel Anniversary Russian River Valley

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  1/2/2014 - solana wrote: 91 Points

  Frati Vineyard fruit.
  Ruby to the rim. Deep, plush, intense and VERY spicy boysenberry aromas. Spices cover the whole spectrum from mace to cloves to black pepper.
  Intensely spicy palate with a deep pool of boysenberry & purple plums at its center, and some garrigue like wild earthy notes. An unusual mineral quality, like the flavor of glacial melt water, grows with time. Very powerful, lively, intense zin with good acidity framing the flavors, though the tannins do come on mid finish to shut things down some.

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