A big, fruit forward wine that’s still drinking beautifully. Rich, deep blackberry flavors dominate with enough tannins to stand up to hearty food. Only thing missing were the cracked white pepper notes that have always made this particular Hartford Zin so distinctive. Recommend drinking now
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W smoked briskett after 2 other hartfords (Fanucchi 2011). I thought this was better as it had more body. Worth the cellaring, as this has become more structured. Drinking these early you get a lot of juice and limited structure. Drink now. Perfect combo with meal
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Hot and fruity. Dark purple to garnet, full bodied, heat from the 15.7% alcohol. Showed much more complexity on day 2 with orange peel, rhubarb, herbs, black pepper and nutmeg on the nose. Strawberry in the mouth. Tannins could use another year or two to soften.
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Very good to excellent wine took a little while to open up. Good color, dark crimson with long legs. On the nose deep notes of dark berries. On the palate raspberries, cherries that got sweeter as the wine sat. Another typical effort by Hartford.
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Deep claret color. Moderate body. Moderate to long duration. The predominant flavors are a pepper-citrus blend, mostly tangerine like in the fruit department.
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4/11/2020 - MystMrQ Likes this wine: 90 Points
A big, fruit forward wine that’s still drinking beautifully. Rich, deep blackberry flavors dominate with enough tannins to stand up to hearty food. Only thing missing were the cracked white pepper notes that have always made this particular Hartford Zin so distinctive. Recommend drinking now
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11/24/2017 - Jmac56 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice leathery nose, a bit of band-aid initially but opened up nicely with solid tannins.
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9/2/2017 - Jkuryak Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very soft. Lost its power.
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7/16/2017 - MichielV wrote: 90 Points
W smoked briskett after 2 other hartfords (Fanucchi 2011). I thought this was better as it had more body. Worth the cellaring, as this has become more structured. Drinking these early you get a lot of juice and limited structure.
Drink now. Perfect combo with meal
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5/14/2015 - DRK III Likes this wine: 90 Points
Hot and fruity. Dark purple to garnet, full bodied, heat from the 15.7% alcohol. Showed much more complexity on day 2 with orange peel, rhubarb, herbs, black pepper and nutmeg on the nose. Strawberry in the mouth. Tannins could use another year or two to soften.
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11/9/2014 - Chchen wrote: 89 Points
Very sweet. Pruny. Was hoping for more balance and finesse
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9/1/2013 - bzell Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very good to excellent wine took a little while to open up. Good color, dark crimson with long legs. On the nose deep notes of dark berries. On the palate raspberries, cherries that got sweeter as the wine sat. Another typical effort by Hartford.
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6/21/2013 - cyak Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep claret color. Moderate body. Moderate to long duration. The predominant flavors are a pepper-citrus blend, mostly tangerine like in the fruit department.
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4/11/2013 - Jodry75225 wrote: 93 Points
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. February 2012
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