This wine was difficult to drink it its youth and I choose not drink or buy them any more. I Took this to a wine event and time has mellowed it out. Tasted like an old Zin without its overdone quality of its youth. I wonder if they still make them like this or if they have moved to a more balanced style?
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Big, jammy wine that has a weird finish - almost sherry-like, as Sirwine wrote. Going to let this breathe overnight and revisit in the morning. I don't know what Robert Parker was thinking (or drinking) when he wrote that this is good through 2031.
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This bottle was way past its prime. The cork was flawless, but the wine had taken on a sherry type character and it did not blow off. Chemically and just not very good. Big disappointment fro this highly rated wine. Lesson learned -- don't age your zinfandels too long.
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Barnyard, earth, dirt, horsey scents and jammy cherries were abundant. Intense, powerful and dense, I caught a glimpse of the quality, but it was not my style of wine.
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3/9/2019 - dlduchon wrote: 88 Points
This wine was difficult to drink it its youth and I choose not drink or buy them any more. I Took this to a wine event and time has mellowed it out. Tasted like an old Zin without its overdone quality of its youth. I wonder if they still make them like this or if they have moved to a more balanced style?
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7/8/2016 - peterk Does not like this wine:
Big, jammy wine that has a weird finish - almost sherry-like, as Sirwine wrote. Going to let this breathe overnight and revisit in the morning. I don't know what Robert Parker was thinking (or drinking) when he wrote that this is good through 2031.
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12/28/2013 - sirwine Does not like this wine: 75 Points
This bottle was way past its prime. The cork was flawless, but the wine had taken on a sherry type character and it did not blow off. Chemically and just not very good. Big disappointment fro this highly rated wine. Lesson learned -- don't age your zinfandels too long.
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3/13/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points
Barnyard, earth, dirt, horsey scents and jammy cherries were abundant. Intense, powerful and dense, I caught a glimpse of the quality, but it was not my style of wine.
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11/6/2011 - g289519 wrote:
Didn't have the big fruit anymore but was delicious. Very complex & dark. Didn't have with food. Cork was perfect.
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