2008 Klinker Brick Old Vine Zinfandel

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  6/3/2015 - AlphaL wrote: 90 Points

  I am glad I opened this now. It was nearly dark plum in color, but starting to show light brick around the rim. It still had a big nose that was full of plum & dark fruits with black pepper. It was nearly full body with a fair amount of tannins. It had a mid-finish and like a lot of old vine Zins, it could have fooled me in a blind tasting since it tasted like a Cabernet.

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  9/30/2012 - Neurowine1 wrote:

  Whoa, weird, cloying, icky. Jammy jam jam jam. I found it entirely unbalanced with zero fixed acidity. Perhaps I need to drink more California wine, but this seems to me to be wine mutated to the point of absurdity. It is really hardly recognizable as a dry red wine. This is sort of the Spider Man 3 of wines. Not sure why anyone would want to drink something like this, but maybe I just need to expand my definition of red wine. I think it might be good in sangria or in the making of some sort of barbeque sauce.

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  5/21/2012 - jackaroo wrote: 92 Points

  This is wine that really goes well with spicy foods, and has more substanance than 90% of the zinfandels out there. If you're wanting elegance, so elsewhere. But if you want a "food" wine, go here.

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  5/5/2012 - reddart wrote: 89 Points

  PNP. Big nose, pepper, dark fruits, alcohol. Taste of plum/raisins, peppery spice, medium full body. Dry, but not overly so, and a decent medium+ finish with pretty good tannins. Very smooth and enjoyable after an hour.

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  4/18/2012 - jwhisler wrote: 90 Points

  Delicious, full of fruity character. Great finish.

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