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| Drinking window: Drink between 2008 and 2012 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by 2020cellardepletion! on 10/20/2020 & rated 90 points: Just stumbled upon this etched bottle stashed away in its little coffin amongst my Halloween decorations and promptly freaked out that I had waited long past its prime to drink. Plus, just stored in my basement all these years. Happily it's still drinking quite well... pleasantly surprised. Tannins still strong and structured! Delicious!! (665 views) | | | Tasted by Winokdub on 10/16/2011 & rated 90 points: Really peaking right now. Better than bottle 9 months ago. Sadly tonight's was my last. Should still be excellent another year or so. Enjoy (5828 views) | | | Tasted by schuey on 9/6/2011 & rated 88 points: This seems to be improving with some time in the bottle. Lovely fruit with some spiciness. Alcohol has mellowed from the tail end. Hoping this will continue to evolve over the next few months. (5535 views) | | | Tasted by chartle on 9/1/2011 & rated 90 points: A favorite! (5346 views) | | | Tasted by patent_atty on 6/4/2011 & rated 88 points: Great nose; classic zin; good body and smooth aftertaste; higher alcohol (6268 views) | | | Tasted by Winokdub on 1/10/2011 & rated 88 points: Very good, above average on all levels. Not outstanding and should be consumed sooner rather than later. (5348 views) | | | Tasted by HitAnyKey on 10/31/2010: A nice big, fruity, peppery/spicy zin. (2634 views) | | | Tasted by Corrado on 9/4/2010: Maturing in a nice zin. Poizins seem to take a year or two after release to really hit their peak drinkability. Woe be to [s]he whom cracketh one upon the year of release. (3159 views) | | | Tasted by ckeilah on 4/6/2010 & rated 85 points: A good big fruity tannic zin. Goes down nicely with 86% dark chocolate. Yum! (3065 views) | | | Tasted by schuey on 3/7/2010 & rated 87 points: On night one, this was not very appealing. Very hot at first, with very little other redeeming qualities. I had two glasses and put it away with the idea of trying it the next evening. It was stored in the fridge after using a simple oxygen pump. I was called away on business and was unable to drink until 4 days later. I was leary about how it would hold up, but lo and behold, it was actually better! Much more structure without the overwheling alcohol. Next time I will open and decant and see how that opens up this wine. (3158 views) | | | Tasted by Fogcity54 on 2/23/2010: Drank this bottle around the New Year - like this one a lot.
3/8/10 - Continue to enjoy this wine....easy sipping. (3268 views) | | | Tasted by ckeilah on 2/14/2010 & rated 84 points: I heard this had past its peak. It's not as appealing as the first few I had last year but it's still nice. I'd say it's a typical big fruity bold Cali zin. It's a little astringent. Probably better with food. Will try chicken pot pie. :-)
1hr later with CPP and dark chocolate: aromas of 1970s Radio Shack were coming through earlier, now dominating. dark chocolate helps what's left of this wine. Way too expensive at over $20 for what it is!
I think someone at Armida doesn't know how to read a hydrometer! 14.5% is a severe underestimate IMHO. One glass limit here. Alas, I don't think this will be worth continuing on Day 2. (3321 views) | | | Tasted by IrvineCellar on 12/21/2009 & rated 87 points: Had a tasting of this at Total Wine in Tustin, CA. Quick notes... color: medium-purplish-red. nose: lots of dark fruit. aromatic. palate: fruity attack, not a lot of complexity, but fairly balanced. Didn't think it was as hot as everyone else described. Finish was clean. As Armida describes it, this is a really good everyday zin. Just not sure it's a good value at $25. Didn't have any of the spicy kick you want from a zinfandel.
Base 50, Color 5, Nose 11, Palate 14, Balance/Finish 7 = 87 (Very Good) (3751 views) | | | Tasted by cwh on 11/25/2009 & rated 89 points: top is ascrewed holding back the hot long legs that wrap around your glass. the dark purple liquid stains your teeth. it's like a lumberjack's cologne on your tongue, longing to have a slab of meat sooth the grippy mouth-feel. the hard spicy wood finds its way into your head after it smashes up all the dark fruit that is letting loose on your shriveled palette. (3702 views) | | | Tasted by THaas on 11/2/2009 & rated 89 points: Lots of raspberries and jammy, plummy blackberries over spice. Pretty one-dimensional, and not as intense as the prior two vintages -- lower alcohol contributes to that (this year is 14.5% ABV, versus 15% in '06 and 15.5% in '05). Good if you like fruit-bomby zins. (3831 views) | | | Tasted by hershelk on 10/31/2009 & rated 86 points: Quit hot but a lot of jammy berry flavors helps balance the wine. I preferred the 2006 vintage though. (3819 views) | | | Tasted by pozawa22 on 10/30/2009 & rated 82 points: This vintage was not as good as other vintages. A lot of oak and vanilla, not enough fruit and spice flavors. Still OK, but a bit of a disappointment from previous years. (3898 views) | | | Tasted by sojoknuckle on 10/30/2009 & rated 88 points: Smooth and generally good cocktail wine the name is great but the taste that you expect from the name is not what this bottle contains. I did notice a bit of a dryness from the wine so next time will will have this with food. (1762 views) | | | Tasted by richc on 10/22/2009: In short, this reminds me a lot of the 2006 vintage. Not a whole to speak of when you initially pop and pour. A lot of heat with some notes of red berries that's reflected on the palate as well. However, as with the 2006, after letting it sit out for a bit it really starts to open up. While the heat still lingers, it takes a backseat to the jammy fruit that this wine hits you with while having just the right amount of tannins from a wine like this that you'd expect. This wine, however, really does need time to breathe in order to be properly enjoyed although there really isn't a way to get around that 15%abv (4066 views) | | | Tasted by saxwizerd45 on 9/7/2009 & rated 87 points: Ran it through the Decantus. Huge nose of jammy red fruit and vanilla. Very tasty, but very one dimensional. Very good at what it does, which is blow your face off with red fruit and vanilla whipped cream, but this is also what keeps it from being anything more than another Cali fruitbomb Zin. (4792 views) |
| Armida Producer websiteZinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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