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Sunday, June 2, 2019 - Walk Around of Medal Winners from ’19 San Diego Int’l Wine Challenge (Coasterra (Cohn Restaurant Group), San Diego, CA): "Estimated 80% Zin (remaining 20% is field-blend of Carignane, with Alicante Bouschet, Petite Sirah, Grand Noir, Valdiguie, Abourieu, etc.) planted in 1922;" Harvested 10/07/15 @ 25.8°Brix ave (soaked); "5 days cold soak prior to ferment; Hand punched down 2x/day; 14 days total on skins; Aged 18 mos in barrels— 20% ea new FR & AM, and 60% 2-yr-old FR & AM;" 14.8% ABV, 0.73 gm/100ml T.A., & 3.40 pH; 236 cases bottled June 1, 2017 & released March 2018 @ $38.00/bottle.

N: Slightly closed; Cherries with smoke, toast underneath?

P: LM body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish frt met by some astringent pucker which pretty much resolves by the quite LONG, still firmly structured finish, but with a burgeoning elegance. DESERVES through '20, then approaching its 10th? My EXC/EXC+; '18 Contest Results: Silver @ Dan Berger Int'l & Bronze @ CA State Fair; '19 Contest Results: Double Gold & Best of its AVA @ Toast of the Coast, Gold with 91 pts @ S.D. Int'l Challenge, and Silvers @ Monterey Int'l, Press Democrat N. Coast Challenge, & S.F. Chronicle!

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