Completely lives up to its reviews and ratings. Can't say that about many wines. This is what superb Zin used to taste like 20 years ago, the spice, the mouth-filling red fruit. Best bottle of wine we have had so far in 2016 and it is DRINK NOW status...we let it breathe a tad but did not see the need to decant and that was definitely the case. Highly recommend.
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Opened for a delicious Italian feast of pasta w pesto, hot sausage and meatballs. What a perfect compliment of spice, wood and character. Smooth, almost sweet silky tannins and ripe rich black fruits. Waiting on the 2012 for a bit.
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Second bottle consistent with first. Nose and palate remarkably the same as last time: plum, black fruit and oak dominate. Round, soft finish. Sweet, but not treacly.
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Who spiked the Welch's? Big sweet and jammy. Fruit bombardier, AKA, "mommy juice". Of course I liked it. How much more easy and accessible can a wine be? My 3 year old would have loved it in her sippy cup. This is a friendly wine.
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Enjoyed with ham for Easter Dinner. Very solid and excellent QPR but is a bit sweet and not spicy/devilish enough (for my tastes) to command current average rating of 91.7.
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Nose - vitamin c capsules. Has that sort of smell Mouth - superbly ripe, deep berry, some wil love. In fact I quite liked this inspire of it's being very over the top
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Distinctive jammy taste- don't know of anything quite like it. Completely mouth filling think it should be drunk w/o food such a vibrant flavor it needs nothing
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PnP'd. Brambly nose of blackberry, plum and new oak. Palate characteristically sweet and full-bodied: plum, black fruit and vanilla. Medium finish. Crowd pleaser. Better integrated on Day 2.
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This vintage is typical Rombauer Zin - yes it's fruit forward with a little complexity. It is a crowd pleaser. I like having a bottle of this around when I open some really good stuff - keeps the casual drinkers away from the good stuff as they can't resist this.
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Color: Dark ruby hue Nose: The aromas we could smell were ripe cranberries, blackberries, raspberries with hints of spice and mint. Palate: Ripe dark fruit flavors not overly jammy Finish: Very smooth and nice medium bodied finish: Decanting: Tasted from the bottle and it plenty of tannins. Used Vinturi to pour into glasses and it greatly helped it to open up and balance out. Thoughts: First time we have tried this wine and it was outstanding. once it got some air it really balanced out and was quite delicious. We paired with food which was a wise choice. Will look for more to put into our cellar.
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upon revisiting another bottle I enjoyed the richness and velvet like feel on the palate, it does finish with a little heat though. This wine could almost be desert.
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Not at all a fan of the typical fat, porty, alcoholic zin Rombauer produced in the past. But this was excellent: concentrated spicy zinberry fruit with racy acidity, great presence and balance.
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11/10/2022 - Frijole wrote:
brownish burgundy, medium clarity, brownish hue
Nose: plum, coffee, licorice, tobacco, caramel, chocolate, dirt, dust, cedar
Pal: plum, coffee, caramel, licorice, tobacco, chocolate, earth, cigar, cedar
Feel: medium, savory, round, touch cloying
Finish: medium
T8
really quite good for a Zin
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3/6/2016 - swigna Likes this wine: 91 Points
6 of wife's girlfriends drank this. They loved it.
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2/23/2016 - Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 92 Points
Completely lives up to its reviews and ratings. Can't say that about many wines. This is what superb Zin used to taste like 20 years ago, the spice, the mouth-filling red fruit. Best bottle of wine we have had so far in 2016 and it is DRINK NOW status...we let it breathe a tad but did not see the need to decant and that was definitely the case. Highly recommend.
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2/5/2015 - Birorganic Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good fruity Zin. Bought at a restaurant.
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1/6/2015 - monk1019 wrote: 90 Points
Opened for a delicious Italian feast of pasta w pesto, hot sausage and meatballs. What a perfect compliment of spice, wood and character. Smooth, almost sweet silky tannins and ripe rich black fruits. Waiting on the 2012 for a bit.
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12/25/2014 - fatch Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened to a smooth, subtle spice juicy pleasure that even red wine haters loved..
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12/18/2014 - Bhydvm wrote: 93 Points
Excellent food wine....broad and full with dark berries and some spice...one of my faves for the price.
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12/3/2014 - BobMilton Likes this wine: 92 Points
Typical Rombauer - big and jammy. Goes well with hearty foods.
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11/16/2014 - LCHammer Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gina's rating.
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10/6/2014 - patsox wrote: 91 Points
Full blown but with just enough balance not to be over blown. Great with grilled steak.
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8/22/2014 - vino_per_tutti Likes this wine: 91 Points
Second bottle consistent with first. Nose and palate remarkably the same as last time: plum, black fruit and oak dominate. Round, soft finish. Sweet, but not treacly.
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8/18/2014 - WineWright Likes this wine: 90 Points
Who spiked the Welch's? Big sweet and jammy. Fruit bombardier, AKA, "mommy juice". Of course I liked it. How much more easy and accessible can a wine be? My 3 year old would have loved it in her sippy cup. This is a friendly wine.
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4/22/2014 - Jump29 wrote: 89 Points
Enjoyed with ham for Easter Dinner. Very solid and excellent QPR but is a bit sweet and not spicy/devilish enough (for my tastes) to command current average rating of 91.7.
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3/23/2014 - fifisoda wrote: 90 Points
A little hot at 15.9% but a great jammy ZIN nonetheless
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2/23/2014 - soyhead wrote:
Nose - vitamin c capsules. Has that sort of smell
Mouth - superbly ripe, deep berry, some wil love. In fact I quite liked this inspire of it's being very over the top
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2/23/2014 - Jwd12 wrote: 91 Points
Distinctive jammy taste- don't know of anything quite like it. Completely mouth filling think it should be drunk w/o food such a vibrant flavor it needs nothing
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2/17/2014 - BobMilton wrote: 92 Points
usual very good jammy Zin. Went we'll with steak. If you don't like big, jammy Zins, avoid this!
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2/1/2014 - Jziulkowski Likes this wine: 95 Points
Consistently delicious. Fruit forward. One of my favorites.
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1/15/2014 - Jziulkowski Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is an outstanding wine. Fruit forward, nice finish.
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12/8/2013 - cucycling Likes this wine: 91 Points
Final wine of a holiday party, paired with butterscotch carmel in chocolate cups. A wonderful smooth rich finale.
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11/22/2013 - vino_per_tutti Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP'd. Brambly nose of blackberry, plum and new oak. Palate characteristically sweet and full-bodied: plum, black fruit and vanilla. Medium finish. Crowd pleaser. Better integrated on Day 2.
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10/1/2013 - cucycling Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really enjoying this more than first bottle of 2011...a bit of spice, jammy and nice.
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8/23/2013 - pmilne Likes this wine: 90 Points
This vintage is typical Rombauer Zin - yes it's fruit forward with a little complexity. It is a crowd pleaser. I like having a bottle of this around when I open some really good stuff - keeps the casual drinkers away from the good stuff as they can't resist this.
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7/30/2013 - RKBergman Likes this wine: 92 Points
Color: Dark ruby hue
Nose: The aromas we could smell were ripe cranberries, blackberries, raspberries with hints of spice and mint.
Palate: Ripe dark fruit flavors not overly jammy
Finish: Very smooth and nice medium bodied finish:
Decanting: Tasted from the bottle and it plenty of tannins. Used Vinturi to pour into glasses and it greatly helped it to open up and balance out.
Thoughts: First time we have tried this wine and it was outstanding. once it got some air it really balanced out and was quite delicious. We paired with food which was a wise choice. Will look for more to put into our cellar.
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7/29/2013 - cucycling Likes this wine: 91 Points
upon revisiting another bottle I enjoyed the richness and velvet like feel on the palate, it does finish with a little heat though. This wine could almost be desert.
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7/16/2013 - Neecies Likes this wine: 91 Points
Not at all a fan of the typical fat, porty, alcoholic zin Rombauer produced in the past. But this was excellent: concentrated spicy zinberry fruit with racy acidity, great presence and balance.
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6/11/2013 - claramc3 wrote: 95 Points
Best zin ever
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6/7/2013 - Pckjr74 wrote: 93 Points
I still believe one of the best wines ever.
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5/12/2013 - cucycling Likes this wine: 89 Points
so similar to 2010...Not quite as jammy as past vintages, probably better with food and less of a desert in a bottle of past years.
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