February 23, 2022 - Great wine from a great producer
March 27, 2021 - Well past its prime.
September 2, 2020 - Very engaging bottle of Zinfandel from Howell Mountain fruit! Quite a bit of life left. Very dark fruit with hints of earth, leather, violets!
August 31, 2019 - A bit of VA and sweetness when opened. On 2nd night, very well balanced with good complexity.
August 4, 2019 - Black plum, bing cherries in the nose palate of dark fruit, nice finish with lingering spices
July 23, 2019 - Dark ruby in color. Black raspberry, herb and a bit of mint on the nose. Darker fruit on the palate with black raspberry, chocolate, herbal tones and dark cherry. Very long finish with the alcohol showing a touch on the finish. Almost no hard edges and they went away entirely when paired with the lamb stew and fire roasted tomato.
July 23, 2019 - The flavors are now of stewed fruit or raisins -- maybe past its prime. Very disappointing
April 21, 2019 - Dark crimson in color. 15.8% ABV. Sublime nose of jammy black fruits, anise and Howell Mountain white pepper. Full bodied with ample acidity. Notably well balanced. Big Zin packed with jammy goodness. Just an array of fruit on the palate. Blackberry, boysenberry, and raspberry with a pepper chaser. Tremendous length on the finish with a dose of tannins. TRB Zinfandel at its finest. Best over the next 1-2 years.
March 30, 2019 - This Zin seems past it's peak. Flavors and complexity are now muted.
December 25, 2018 - Probably underrating this one. Just so good. Spicy and earthy with a mouthful of flavor- . Give it a 96