Not a pop and pour wine. Strong nose, mostly black licorice and some funk and same on the initial palate, but with a better finish. With half an hour of air the funk blew off, and the licorice became burnt cobbler. On the palate dark berries, heavy with a strong finish. I'd say this needs another year or lots of decanter time.
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Nice fruit lots of tannis and very hot!!! Right out of the bottle it's rough, I decanted it for an hour and it softened up but was still hot on the finnish. I saved half the bottle for day two and it softened nicely. It was no longer hot and the flavors were kind of subtle for a zin.
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9/8/2012 - sraders wrote: 88 Points
Nice value Zin with more going on than you'd think for $20 a bottle. Open it and let it breathe for an hour or so and it is better.
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11/12/2009 - ewqcsl wrote: 88 Points
Not a pop and pour wine. Strong nose, mostly black licorice and some funk and same on the initial palate, but with a better finish. With half an hour of air the funk blew off, and the licorice became burnt cobbler. On the palate dark berries, heavy with a strong finish. I'd say this needs another year or lots of decanter time.
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6/13/2009 - team-blackburn wrote: 87 Points
Nice fruit lots of tannis and very hot!!! Right out of the bottle it's rough, I decanted it for an hour and it softened up but was still hot on the finnish. I saved half the bottle for day two and it softened nicely. It was no longer hot and the flavors were kind of subtle for a zin.
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