Community Tasting Notes 10

• 2.chimneys Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 9, 2023 - Paired well with our Easter Sunday dinner of smoked ham and Brussel sprouts.
  Mellowed tannins and ripe fruits. Drank within 2 hours of opening and could tell it was starting to past prime.

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• underwds wrote: 90 points

  May 10, 2022 - Dark purple, good mouth feel. Very fruit forward, lots of blackberry, a little tart plum. Not much in the way of secondary notes, but a firm finish with enough tannin and acid to be food friendly without overpowering. I didn't notice the alcohol until the second glass, after I'd already looked at the bottle. So don't know if it pulled itself forward or my subconscious kicked in.
  
  7/10/2022 Big, big fruit. Nice finish with toasted oak. Again, didn't notice the high alcohol.

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• Cole Randall Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 22, 2020 - Big fruit in typical and younger zin has faded. Drinks more like a Merlot than a zin.
  
  After opening up over a couple of hours, alcohol was more pronounced. Will be interesting to finish it tomorrow night and see how it evolved.

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• AaronMaxwell wrote: 86 points

  June 14, 2020 - 86-90, because we are all over the place on liking or disliking this wine. Arista is a beautiful location to do a tasting, and the staff are exceptional.
  
  Tasted side-by-side with the (much better) 2014 vintage. This was opened the day before by the winery for our tasting, and we brought the rest of the bottle home and are writing this on day 3.
  
  Smells like cocoa and blackberry. The alcohol (15.9%) comes through offensively on the nose. Tasting on day 3, and it is really hard to define flavors - the alcohol is so strong, it comes off as astringent. Raspberries, and other cherry Tylenol inspiring flavors coming through.
  
  Our friend absolutely loves this wine, but it's not our favorite showing.

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• garetjax_kison wrote: 88 points

  July 23, 2019 - Popped and poured while making dinner. Red fruit and a little smoke on the nose. Red fruit follows on the palate. Medium weight. Dark color in the glass. High ABV (15.9%) but the alcohol not showing yet. Enough fruit remains to keep the wine in balance.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Arista Winery
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Smokey Ridge Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Dry Creek Valley
• UPC Code 850650003575

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• In Cellars 99 (32%)
• Consumed 215 (68%)

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