January 20, 2018 - Always great! Versatile with many food pairings.
July 17, 2016 - 38th Annual Zinfandel Retrospective - the 2011s (R&D's): A touch on the ripe side, but not overwhelmingly so. Dark fruit and raspberry, with peppery, slightly raisiny fruit on the finish.
May 6, 2015 - Easy to drink, good start and finish, not a big wine - had it with Pork and the structure was solid. Berries, earthy, good nose. However, would not hold onto this wine too much longer
December 31, 2014 - Nearing its peak - still showing some youth with a bit of excessive fruitiness starting to hint at complexities. Not as good as 2010 vintage...yet. Bouquet and taste balanced, sweet, tasty, long finish - fruit, spice, leather, tangy. Moderately chewy texture. Versatile - very good by itself and went moderately well with everything we tasted with it in various combinations, but did not seem to accentuate tastes as well as the 2010 vintage did - beef sausage, turkey sausage, Dijon French mustard, several mustards, sharp cheddar cheese, onion cheese, and pepper jack cheese. New Year's Eve celebration. Happy New Year! (God Is NOT Dead - saw the movie to start the new year.)
December 13, 2014 - Sour initially. Improved slightly but previous vintages have been much better.
September 20, 2014 - Somewhat unbalanced , bit vinegar taste. Drinkable but somewhat of a disappointment
September 8, 2014 - Big and Boozy. Drink on the cool side, and give it some air. good, but nothing great. 88ish
May 20, 2014 - Deep dark purple nose had hints of mint berry and oak. Tasting lots of berry very fruit forward would buy again.
March 12, 2014 - big dense black and blue berries, oak, earth; a bit of cassis; a bit ponderous apparently due to the oak; High ABV but i don't get much heat.
March 9, 2014 - Tart red fruit, too much alcohol and not enough complexity for me. Very fruit forward just ok.