1/22/2013 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color with slow forming legs and aromas of smokey and black pepper. It's balanced and has flavours of blackberry and mushroom with a medium/full body. Satin-Like texture with a medium finish - it has had a enough time, i get a little dust, just a little oak, it work well with a Michael Symon Broiled Porterhouse with Roasted Garlic oregano and lemon, smooth tannins, deep and rich ,

10/21/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of walnut, smokey and black currant with a light/medium body. Round texture with a medium finish.

10/21/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Ruby color and aromas of cherry and black pepper and has flavours of cherry, black pepper and mushroom.

10/21/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color and aromas of tar and dusty. It's balanced and has flavours of oak, black pepper, molasses and dusty with a medium/full body. Round texture with a medium finish - Had at the "The Table" in Willow Glen, San Jose, went really well with the beef cheeks, and the lamb meet balls.

8/22/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Crimsom color. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of cherry with a light/medium body. Bright texture with a medium finish - Nice wine for the price

8/21/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color and aromas of blackberry and cloves. It's balanced and has flavours of black currant, black pepper and bacon with a full body. Smooth texture with a medium finish - Just hitting its stride, had with a homemade heirloom tomato tart

7/21/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color and aromas of violet. It's balanced and has flavours of vanilla and black currant with a full body. Narrow texture with a long finish - Dark condensed honey,black fruit,

7/14/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Crimsom color. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of dusty, cherry and strawberry jam with a light/medium body. Bright texture with a medium finish -

6/15/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color and aromas of dusty and cloves. It's balanced and has flavours of raspberry, cherry and smokey with a medium body. Smooth texture with a long finish.

5/4/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Violet color and aromas of rose. It's balanced and has flavours of cherry, mushroom and strawberry jam with a light/medium body. Smooth texture with a long finish - Dark wild strawberry,

4/28/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color and aromas of cloves and violet. It's in total harmony and has flavours of cherry and black pepper with a medium/full body. Juicy texture with a long finish - Still glad I have a couple more bottle of this one.

4/27/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Garnet color and aromas of cedar, black pepper and cloves and has flavours of cherry and black pepper - Opened up after about an hour

4/16/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Purple color and aromas of rose. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of prune, cherry and mushroom with a light/medium body. Polished texture with a medium finish - Black dark stone fruit. A food wine.

4/15/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

- Ruby color and aromas of cherry and has flavours of cherry, raspberry and mushroom - Nice acid, 2007 was a great year hard for me not find RRV that I did not like.

4/13/2012 - tall2002 wrote:

Garnet color and aromas of tobacco and soy sauce and has flavours of smokey, hazelnut, dusty and tobacco - I would have liked a little more fruit. Dark coffee, not a lingering wine, tobacco on the nose.

12/19/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

- Aromas of black pepper and rose and has flavours of black pepper.

12/1/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

It was nice to drink an old friend, the wine aged nicely, a little dusty and smooth feel, dark blackberry, dark chocolate. I had the wine with a fillet, at Tapestry in Los Gatos, the food was very good, they are open until early January so get in soon. Before Gary and Vicky start their next project.

11/18/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Very light flavors, the friut was there cherries, cranberries, but a little on the musty side.

11/18/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Somoma County Zin is the best, Boysenberry, nice acid, peper spice.

11/2/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Value for the money, enjoined more than last time, not very complex, cherry cola, and lightly tart.

10/26/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Los Alto Grill has online reservations!!! We had the prime rib dip sandwich which went with smokiness meat, Mac and cheese, peanut slaw, little house salad with a deviled eggs, the dark fruit paired nicely with the dark chocolate fudge Sunday for desert.

10/25/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

It been a year since the last I had this wine, i really enjoy dry creek zin's from sonoma county this is a great example. Raspberry clean, nice acid went well beef stroganoff a good food wine.

8/29/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

- Aromas of mushroom and has flavours of raspberry - Honeysuckle, cherry cola flavors paired well with the pork loin roast and sausage, the the duck and fig and deep-fried trotters at Camino restaurant in Oakland.

5/10/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

This tastes much better, I think age is bring this one around, fruit forward, sour cherries.

3/31/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Sorry to say this is my last bottle of this wine, I like my zin young but this one just keeps getting better with age, very balanced and smooth, blueberry, pepper, and creamy.

3/22/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

I really liked the 2008, but the 2009 is even better!!! I should have bought a case. Dark French pressed coffee, chocolate, yellow raspberry, and think cut bacon slab. Aerated into the glass and drank, wanted to see how it would taste after an hour but it did not last that long.

3/5/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Tongue staining dark wine. Smooth dark mouth coating, lingers on palette, not as much pepper as thought it would have, the fruit is not that bright it is there but I get more olive and meat flavors with the fruit. Some stone flavors also. I think my tongue might be permanently stained.

3/2/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

My wife and had a bottle of the 2008 "on the road" last night with dinner, a little pork belly, prime rib, and chocolate mudslide cake, at Citrus, Santa Row a new Chef, so we thought we would give it a try, the food has improved. Back to the wine it had a nice acid level to work with food, well balanced, blackberry, cocoa, coated the palette and work best with the chocolate mudslide cake. I really enjoyed this wine.

2/17/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

I have been enjoying the 08's Santa Barbara County wines this year, the flavors of the capture the coffee, dark fruit, spiced, and great nose, Grenache based fantastic wine for $22.00.

2/1/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Smooth tannins, rounded, black fruit, coffee, could drink this anytime, and light on the oak.

1/28/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Twisted and poured at Parcel 104. Just got the wine in the mail couple of days before, but could not wait to try, AP Vin had got a score 95 WS for the 97 Turner it became my favorite wine. I think was little too excited and opened early to find the magic in a bottle. I this wine is a great wine but it is going to need a couple of years. Plum flavors, blackberry, good acid, paired nice with the veal chop and cheesy polenta.

1/25/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

Drank at Dio Deka, the wine worked well with the lamb chops. This wine is tasting perfect, smooth and well rounded, good acid worked with the fat on the lamb, great food wine.

1/19/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

great value at 12.99 delivered, syrah with some cabernet, merlot, good year, well rounded.

1/18/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

More sherry like since last time, rasin, very sweet, not sure more time is going to improve this wine. I just pop and pour this one a little more air could have helped.

1/9/2011 - tall2002 wrote:

San Francisco tasting at the ferry building. The wine was very light thin flavors, not as peppery CDP that I tasted in the past.

12/27/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

Almost as good as last years zin. Tart with more vibrant acidity kind of Pinot Noir, cherry, dark friut. A very good food wine.

12/6/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

I find merlot go great with Mexican food, or tex-mex. This bottle did not disappoint on that, with it cherry and smoky oak, dark smooth flavors were a perfect complement to the Chevy's tex-mex, enchiladas and tacos, a great deal with five dollar corkage charge.

10/28/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

Fantastic Zen

8/29/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

The bottle was at cellar temp. the wine could have been colder. Mineral notes, peach, but did not pair well with fresh fruit and peach strawberry and raspberry sorbet.

8/13/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

Did not finsh bottle.

8/8/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

Spent the weekend in Napa, met Joe Filippini the wine maker when we were out and about. We got to talking and we met him for a drink at the Rutherford Grill. We did not wait long after our Margareta sit down and open up this bottle with well integrated wine with enough mid pallet to last a good number of years. The nose was a little hidden at the beginning of our meal but it opened up during the meal reviling nice red and black fruit, and coffee notes. It paired well with my steak and enchiladas, and my wife’s prime rib French dip.

7/24/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

I don't have a lot of experience pairing dessert wines on my own so I took the wine to Parcel 104 at the marriott in Santa Clara. We left the dinner/dessert choices in the hands of the professionals- Brain, the resturant manager and Executive Sous Chef Carlos Sanchez. We had eaten a late lunch, so Brian's recommendation of the pork belly hot pot was perfect. The wine picked up a spicy peachy pit. Becaue their menu changes often, go soon to give this a try. the pairing was fantastic! We continued with a three course dessert menu prepared by Carlos we sat at the counter and watched the magic happen, Warm tapipocia pudding poured over fresh fruit, perfect flan, and chocolate preparations that were magical. All perfectly paired to our wine. An exceptional experience!

5/31/2010 - tall2002 wrote:

past its prime