Community Tasting Notes 19

• shallIshantI Likes this wine: 87 points

  January 6, 2024 - Impressions are very much the same as last time ie brambles, bitter fruit, a bit of white pepper still. The dried herbs is now bordering on vegetal - don't leave this open for hours and hours or that reductive taste gets more pronounced. Up front; not long.

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• rjsmall Likes this wine:

  March 25, 2023 - Deep red colour. Raspberry, cranberry and black pepper on nose. Similar flavours along with a bit of sweet musk. Nice acid bite with a great balance and a rounded mouthfeel. Drinking very well with plenty of life left.

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• rwpalmer wrote: 93 points

  March 21, 2023 - Delicacy and concentration all at once. No heat. Nose of herbs, raspberries and orange peel. Just so much going on. Finishes with fine tannins. No rush here.

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• klezman wrote:

  November 9, 2022 - Solid Zin, big yet elegant. Nothing out of place but nothing particularly interesting or compelling, at least compared to other O+F wines.

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• shallIshantI Likes this wine: 87 points

  August 15, 2022 - Deep and dark - what you'd expect for a 7 year old Zinfandel. There is a lot going on immediately on the nose - primary notes of brambles and very dark fruit (think bitter rather than sweet), then on the palate, white pepper, that cinnamon that is signature zinfandel, secondary notes of gravel and dried herbs. Low on sweetness and acidity. It's bold but rustic. You need to walk into this one knowing what to expect to enjoy it.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Once & Future Wine
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Forcini Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 6 (2%)
• In Cellars 129 (43%)
• Consumed 162 (55%)

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