Nose of bright red fruit. Earth and tabacco. Peanut sweet and a prickly green note of eucalyptus or menthol. Palate shows plum and stone with that eucalyptus touch. More mineral expressive on the palate. M body. Med acid.
Nose is quite a bit more aggressive without being clumsy. Darker, high-toned red fruits. Oak shows as mellow cigar box. Some brandy style 'polish' to the nose. Palate of beautiful dark red fruits. Tannin for the long haul. Hint of savory to the palate. Full body. Med acid.
Nose is the most mineral expressive of the three in the flight. Light smoke. This and geyserville are explosively aromatic next to the hobo. More raspberry fruit. Elegant grassy sweet in the nose. Palate is a bit more even-handed with rasp and plum fruit hand in hand with a crushed gravel minerality. Tannin and acid a hint more than geyserville. Geared up to age out. Full body. Med acid that shows a bit more than geyserville.
Rich and dark polished fruit on the nose. Showing quite the grassy sweet in the background. An earthy veil. Palate is hedonistic rich fruit. Still shows dark earth and the finish of the tasting! For more medium term consumption. 2010-2015.
2007 Hobo Wine Company Zinfandel
USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley
Nose of bright red fruit. Earth and tabacco. Peanut sweet and a prickly green note of eucalyptus or menthol. Palate shows plum and stone with that eucalyptus touch. More mineral expressive on the palate. M body. Med acid.
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2006 Ridge Geyserville
USA, California, Sonoma County
Nose is quite a bit more aggressive without being clumsy. Darker, high-toned red fruits. Oak shows as mellow cigar box. Some brandy style 'polish' to the nose. Palate of beautiful dark red fruits. Tannin for the long haul. Hint of savory to the palate. Full body. Med acid.
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2006 Seghesio Family Vineyards Zinfandel Rockpile
USA, California, Sonoma County, Rockpile
Nose is the most mineral expressive of the three in the flight. Light smoke. This and geyserville are explosively aromatic next to the hobo. More raspberry fruit. Elegant grassy sweet in the nose. Palate is a bit more even-handed with rasp and plum fruit hand in hand with a crushed gravel minerality. Tannin and acid a hint more than geyserville. Geared up to age out. Full body. Med acid that shows a bit more than geyserville.
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