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• slgriner1979 Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 23, 2023 - Opened this bottle after 18 years expecting it to have gone bad. I could not have been more wrong, it has aged well and is fantastic.

• owr wrote: 85 points

  April 19, 2020 - At first I thought it was corked, but instead it just had a musty, just-opened-after-a-long-nap note ... Within 15 minutes that blows off and starts to open. There's plenty of dried fruit, smoky notes and even some , prun-ishy-plum cake. As the air continues to get in the dried fruit portion develops more character and definition: dried blackberry & dried black cherry, and as it continues to evolve in the glass an earthy note emerges but the dried fruit lingers on which makes it an interesting sip. This one is over the hill, but not that far, and that is proven out by the acidity and spices still rocking the palate through the finish. By the hour-and-a-half mark the fruit is all but finished showing itself.

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• joergent Likes this wine: 87 points

  March 14, 2020 - Kept in a dark and cool cellar for 10+ years.
  I believe this accounts for the pleasant surprise of drinking it in spite of the back label recommending it storing for 5-7 years.

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• Spitulnik wrote: 83 points

  September 18, 2014 - Still holding up after all these years. Unfortunately still a mediocre wine.

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• p2002 wrote: 86 points

  May 9, 2014 - Still holding its own, this is a pleasant, if now over the hill, fair quality California Zinfandel.
  Brick red in color, showing some significant age. From first taste to day two this wine shows a very smooth tannin with low alcohol heat\presence (as opposed to what I expect from a young Cali Zin), and a distinct (if one note) red berry flavor profile.
  Overall a happy find in the cellar.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Cline Cellars
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation Ancient Vines
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion San Francisco Bay
• Appellation Contra Costa County
• UPC Code 098652300029

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• Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
• In Cellars 204 (33%)
• Consumed 407 (66%)

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