Pure fruit driven nose with plums and dark berries and just a hint of coffee. Quite ripe in the palate, with blackberries and a little blueberry, with nice zip and quite lithe on the palate. Finishes with coffee and toast with berries in the background. Nimble and focused, with good complexity with spice and pepper riding on the focused fruits driven backbone.

Bright red fruit nose with a hint of white pepper. Round ripe palate, but light and nimble and red fruit . flavors mixed with blackberries. Nice crisp creamy finish. Nicely done with good acidity.

Ripe nose, with red berry profile with some cassis and currants mixed in with boysenberry and black pepper. Concentrated and fruit driven palate, with a slightly heavy feel, but hangs on the palate with a finish of fruit and cream. Quite Zin-like and well done, just missing a little spice and complexity

Some heat on the nose with currants and a slight pepper note. Ripe dark fruit palate with some rich toast flavors. Slightly clipped and simple finish. Doesn’t have the complexity of the other Zins and suffers in comparison, but an enjoyable wine.

Expressive complex nose of plum and currants, with a strong pepper quality. Viscous mouth coating palate, with enough acidity to keep things fresh. Vibrant dark fruit palate, with boysenberry highlights and leading into a lengthy finish of coffee, pepper and currants. Great balance and complexity and fine tannic grip on the back end. My WOTN.

Fine sweet raspberry nose. Palate quite sweet and concentrated, with cassis, raspberries, and strawberry, leading into a medium creamy finish. While it holds it alcohol well, was quite round and heavy on the palate. One dimensional ripe fruit. A disappointing effort from Cline.

My wine and bought on recommendation. From the start, exactly the wine I don’t enjoy. Alcoholic nose with big roasted fruits and coffee. Very sweet and extracted and overdone palate, with dark roasted fruits and lots of coffee and vanilla oak flavors. Manipulated and overdone. Not a wine I enjoy.

Sweet and ripe nose, with licorice , plum and currants—a touch hot. No real sweetness on the palate despite the nose, but ripe dark fruits with a little smoke and meat. Lengthy finish that holds the palate. Round and lush mouthfeel, with some fine tannins the background. Good complexity and decent balance, if a bit of heat on the backend. Quite good. The group’s WOTN.