Community Tasting Notes 8

• bestdamncab Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 29, 2017 - Opened a magnum with lots of floral Zinfandel notes, black cherry fruit, touch of red cherry and saddle leather, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, rich and mouth filling fruit, almost elegant, wish I owned more of this Zinfandel, and a long, fruity finish.

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• bestdamncab Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 20, 2017 - Opened a magnum with a nose of red cherry, plum, pepper, saddle leather, and sage, same on the palate, medium/big body, very tasty, showing its age, mouth filling fruit, well made, almost elegant, and a long, long, flavorful finish.

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• MarkLA wrote: 90 points

  October 12, 2014 - Plum, plumskin, eucalyptus, mahogany, christmas cake, cardamom, and star anise. Light to medium bodied with some sucrosite. This old boy has some life left. Dry finish as the tannins come in at the end. Doesn't feel pushed at all. Give it some air time to show its best.

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• SonomaCoaster wrote: 91 points

  July 14, 2013 - Nice fruit remaining, leather, smooooth tannins. Great with steak. Last bottle!

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• Hodby wrote: 87 points

  January 25, 2011 - Medium red. Ripe, quite oak-laden nose with prune, smoke, tar, vanilla. Low tannin, low acid. Mouth-coating texture and fat. Ripe, simple flavors and something that went well with a cheese plate after dinner. Finally, the wine that intrigued us on release has reached an enjoyable stage again. Bottle #8 of twelve.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Cline Cellars
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Fulton Road
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley
• UPC Code 098652320027

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• In Cellars 28 (52%)
• Consumed 26 (48%)

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