| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 59 notes) - hiding notes with no text |
| | Tasted by Frijole on 11/10/2022: brownish burgundy, medium clarity, brownish hue
Nose: plum, coffee, licorice, tobacco, caramel, chocolate, dirt, dust, cedar
Pal: plum, coffee, caramel, licorice, tobacco, chocolate, earth, cigar, cedar
Feel: medium, savory, round, touch cloying
Finish: medium
T8
really quite good for a Zin (527 views) |
| | Tasted by swigna on 3/6/2016 & rated 91 points: 6 of wife's girlfriends drank this. They loved it. (4194 views) |
| | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 2/23/2016 & rated 92 points: Completely lives up to its reviews and ratings. Can't say that about many wines. This is what superb Zin used to taste like 20 years ago, the spice, the mouth-filling red fruit. Best bottle of wine we have had so far in 2016 and it is DRINK NOW status...we let it breathe a tad but did not see the need to decant and that was definitely the case. Highly recommend. (3995 views) |
| | Tasted by Birorganic on 2/5/2015 & rated 90 points: Good fruity Zin. Bought at a restaurant. (5045 views) |
| | Tasted by monk1019 on 1/6/2015 & rated 90 points: Opened for a delicious Italian feast of pasta w pesto, hot sausage and meatballs. What a perfect compliment of spice, wood and character. Smooth, almost sweet silky tannins and ripe rich black fruits. Waiting on the 2012 for a bit. (5155 views) |
| | Tasted by fatch on 12/25/2014 & rated 90 points: Opened to a smooth, subtle spice juicy pleasure that even red wine haters loved.. (4859 views) |
| | Tasted by Bhydvm on 12/18/2014 & rated 93 points: Excellent food wine....broad and full with dark berries and some spice...one of my faves for the price. (2130 views) |
| | Tasted by BobMilton on 12/3/2014 & rated 92 points: Typical Rombauer - big and jammy. Goes well with hearty foods. (2117 views) |
| | Tasted by LCHammer on 11/16/2014 & rated 96 points: Gina's rating. (1343 views) |
| | Tasted by patsox on 10/6/2014 & rated 91 points: Full blown but with just enough balance not to be over blown. Great with grilled steak. (1438 views) |
| | Tasted by vino_per_tutti on 8/22/2014 & rated 91 points: Second bottle consistent with first. Nose and palate remarkably the same as last time: plum, black fruit and oak dominate. Round, soft finish. Sweet, but not treacly. (1558 views) |
| | Tasted by WineWright on 8/18/2014 & rated 90 points: Who spiked the Welch's? Big sweet and jammy. Fruit bombardier, AKA, "mommy juice". Of course I liked it. How much more easy and accessible can a wine be? My 3 year old would have loved it in her sippy cup. This is a friendly wine. (1511 views) |
| | Tasted by Jump29 on 4/22/2014 & rated 89 points: Enjoyed with ham for Easter Dinner. Very solid and excellent QPR but is a bit sweet and not spicy/devilish enough (for my tastes) to command current average rating of 91.7. (2144 views) |
| | Tasted by fifisoda on 3/23/2014 & rated 90 points: A little hot at 15.9% but a great jammy ZIN nonetheless (2203 views) |
| | Tasted by Jwd12 on 2/23/2014 & rated 91 points: Distinctive jammy taste- don't know of anything quite like it. Completely mouth filling think it should be drunk w/o food such a vibrant flavor it needs nothing (1800 views) |
| | Tasted by soyhead on 2/23/2014: Nose - vitamin c capsules. Has that sort of smell
Mouth - superbly ripe, deep berry, some wil love. In fact I quite liked this inspire of it's being very over the top (2063 views) |
| | Tasted by BobMilton on 2/17/2014 & rated 92 points: usual very good jammy Zin. Went we'll with steak. If you don't like big, jammy Zins, avoid this! (1869 views) |
| | Tasted by Jziulkowski on 2/1/2014 & rated 95 points: Consistently delicious. Fruit forward. One of my favorites. (1749 views) |
| | Tasted by Jziulkowski on 1/15/2014 & rated 95 points: This is an outstanding wine. Fruit forward, nice finish. (1881 views) |
| | Tasted by cucycling on 12/8/2013 & rated 91 points: Final wine of a holiday party, paired with butterscotch carmel in chocolate cups. A wonderful smooth rich finale. (1954 views) |
| | Tasted by vino_per_tutti on 11/22/2013 & rated 92 points: PnP'd. Brambly nose of blackberry, plum and new oak. Palate characteristically sweet and full-bodied: plum, black fruit and vanilla. Medium finish. Crowd pleaser. Better integrated on Day 2. (2003 views) |
| | Tasted by cucycling on 10/1/2013 & rated 91 points: Really enjoying this more than first bottle of 2011...a bit of spice, jammy and nice. (2317 views) |
| | Tasted by pmilne on 8/23/2013 & rated 90 points: This vintage is typical Rombauer Zin - yes it's fruit forward with a little complexity. It is a crowd pleaser. I like having a bottle of this around when I open some really good stuff - keeps the casual drinkers away from the good stuff as they can't resist this. (2406 views) |
| | Tasted by RKBergman on 7/30/2013 & rated 92 points: Color: Dark ruby hue
Nose: The aromas we could smell were ripe cranberries, blackberries, raspberries with hints of spice and mint.
Palate: Ripe dark fruit flavors not overly jammy
Finish: Very smooth and nice medium bodied finish:
Decanting: Tasted from the bottle and it plenty of tannins. Used Vinturi to pour into glasses and it greatly helped it to open up and balance out.
Thoughts: First time we have tried this wine and it was outstanding. once it got some air it really balanced out and was quite delicious. We paired with food which was a wise choice. Will look for more to put into our cellar. (2142 views) |
| | Tasted by cucycling on 7/29/2013 & rated 91 points: upon revisiting another bottle I enjoyed the richness and velvet like feel on the palate, it does finish with a little heat though. This wine could almost be desert. (1897 views) |
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