Community Tasting Notes 5

• RichEB1 wrote: 87 points

  September 5, 2018 - Still holding on but certainly on the downside. Medium purple in color with noticeable bricking. Solid nose of pepper and a hint of red fruits. In the mouth, mostly smoke, pepper, and leather but some sweet cherries on the mid palate make this enjoyable and a fun little surprise. If you're still holding onto a bottle, this is a definite drink now, as it's not going to be getting any better.

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• rmcnees wrote: 87 points

  November 24, 2016 - We found this 1997 Zin languishing in the cellar. At nineteen years of age, it was time to drink as it is reaching the end of its drinking window. Pulled this for Thanksgiving dinner, the rich dark concentrated Howell Mtn fruit has given way to non-fruit flavors as the ripe brambly black cherry and black raspberry fruits have been overtaken by black pepper, spice and tones of creosote and hints of licorice predominating.
  
  https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2016/11/zinfandel-wines-for-thanksgiving-dinner.html

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• pikemasterflash wrote:

  September 3, 2009 - Picked this one up from the man Mike himself. Smells just like a younger Zin. Hard for me to score..both sweet and tart at the same time. Interesting muse tonight. I liked it but it is hard to put my finger on it.

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• otisabdul wrote: 93 points

  September 3, 2004 - Sampled at a blind tasting of seven zins. The person who brought this said that it was the first zin ever made by Heidi Petersen Barrett. Unique nose that had people shouting out some wacky descriptors, like "newly painted room", "blackberry brandy", and "furniture polish". Loaded with black pepper, cedar and mulberry flavors. Smooth and velvety. I loved this spicy/suave style and had it ranked as my clear #1. But almost everybody else had it ranked 6th or 7th. Too offbeat for them. But it gets a fab 93P rating from me.

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• MarkJones wrote: 91 points

  August 20, 2004 - Rich pepper flavors with tones of licorice. One of the best zinfandels out of Lamborn. 1150 cases bottled

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Lamborn Family Vineyards
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation The Team Connection
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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• In Cellars 26 (49%)
• Consumed 27 (51%)

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