Very tight nose -- got virtually nothing. On the palate, good red fruit with nice spice and light acidity. Good judicious use of oak. Somewhat short finish. Nice value -- they're doing some good things at Adelaida these days.
Getting some vanilla and strawberry rhubarb pie on the nose. On the palate, very smooth and silky red fruit, no zin spice, and a bit of a hollow mid-palate. No tannins to speak of.
This is not a dry red wine -- it is a dessert wine. Apple pie on the nose. On the palate, super sweet with loads of residual sugar, 16.7% alcohol, no acidity. This one definitely got away from the winemaker.
Tight nose, but some classic brambly zin characteristics. Beautiful classic zin flavors with a bit of dust and tart fruit. Elegant and restrained, unlike most Paso zins. Some soft tannins but a bit short on the finish. Good effort and a stark contrast to the other zins in the tasting.
Florals and red fruits on the nose. On the palate, simple and pleasant, some nice spice, a bit sweet -- maybe a bit too ripe. Fairly well balanced but not worth it at the $25+ price point. Maybe at $15 this is a buy.
Very fragrant and gorgeous nose of ripe red fruit. On the palate, a bit on the sweet side, perhaps over-extracted but with some nice balancing acidity and a long finish. Not great, but a well made wine nonetheless.
Big fruit on the nose. Big fruit on the palate as well, but surprisingly, not over-the-top. Well integrated oak treatment. Full mid-palate and long finish with very good balance in spite of the rather low acidity. Well made and very enjoyable. My favorite wine of the tasting.
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
Very ripe and rich fruit with not much cabernet character. I also detected an unpleasant very slight rubbery flavor (but others I asked didn't notice it). I'm thinking this bottle had a tiny bit of Brett.
Very extracted and heavily oaked. Sickly sweet with little or no acidity. Really hard to distinguish this as a Cab. Another port-like wine in this tasting. Not an enjoyable style for me.
Very fragrant Cab with some noticeable vanilla aromas. On the palate, big up front fruit, well-integrated oak, good acidity and a long finish. Nicely balanced. Well made wine. I liked this very much, though, I wouldn't pull the trigger at $50.
2006 Adelaida School House Recess Red 85 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Very tight nose -- got virtually nothing. On the palate, good red fruit with nice spice and light acidity. Good judicious use of oak. Somewhat short finish. Nice value -- they're doing some good things at Adelaida these days.
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2006 Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Richard Sauret 86 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Getting some vanilla and strawberry rhubarb pie on the nose. On the palate, very smooth and silky red fruit, no zin spice, and a bit of a hollow mid-palate. No tannins to speak of.
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2008 Opolo Zinfandel Mountain Zinfandel 74 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
This is not a dry red wine -- it is a dessert wine. Apple pie on the nose. On the palate, super sweet with loads of residual sugar, 16.7% alcohol, no acidity. This one definitely got away from the winemaker.
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2008 Ridge Zinfandel Paso Robles 89 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Tight nose, but some classic brambly zin characteristics. Beautiful classic zin flavors with a bit of dust and tart fruit. Elegant and restrained, unlike most Paso zins. Some soft tannins but a bit short on the finish. Good effort and a stark contrast to the other zins in the tasting.
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2008 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas 87 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Florals and red fruits on the nose. On the palate, simple and pleasant, some nice spice, a bit sweet -- maybe a bit too ripe. Fairly well balanced but not worth it at the $25+ price point. Maybe at $15 this is a buy.
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2008 Hug Cellars El Maestro 87 Points
USA, California, Central Coast
Very fragrant and gorgeous nose of ripe red fruit. On the palate, a bit on the sweet side, perhaps over-extracted but with some nice balancing acidity and a long finish. Not great, but a well made wine nonetheless.
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2007 Denner The Ditch Digger 91 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Big fruit on the nose. Big fruit on the palate as well, but surprisingly, not over-the-top. Well integrated oak treatment. Full mid-palate and long finish with very good balance in spite of the rather low acidity. Well made and very enjoyable. My favorite wine of the tasting.
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2006 Halter Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Flawed
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
Very ripe and rich fruit with not much cabernet character. I also detected an unpleasant very slight rubbery flavor (but others I asked didn't notice it). I'm thinking this bottle had a tiny bit of Brett.
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2008 Falcone Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles 75 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Very extracted and heavily oaked. Sickly sweet with little or no acidity. Really hard to distinguish this as a Cab. Another port-like wine in this tasting. Not an enjoyable style for me.
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2007 Justin Vineyards & Winery Isosceles 91 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Very fragrant Cab with some noticeable vanilla aromas. On the palate, big up front fruit, well-integrated oak, good acidity and a long finish. Nicely balanced. Well made wine. I liked this very much, though, I wouldn't pull the trigger at $50.
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