Ripe, red and black fruit, with a dusting of spices. Shows lots of bottle age, but it presents nicely, displaying nice balance and a tasty disposition.
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The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, raspberry, oak, vanilla, lead pencil and black pepper. It tastes like raspberry, blackberry, mineral, vanilla and black pepper. The body is medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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A unique Zin with the big bold style of Paso Robles. On first taste, thought this was going to be too sweet, but the finish delivered a fruity gulp balanced with some acidity and light tannin. Fun stuff.
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Nice rich ruby color, and full red berry aroma on first swirl. Needs some glass time to open up and burn off a slight hint of...plastic? And it did. Worked reasonably well with truffle-mousse-stuff portobellos baked with breadcrumbs.
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A jammy, ripe, supremely drinkable fruit bomb. Black fruit and classic zinfandel character with a mid-strength backbone of tannins and enough acidity for a meal. This is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Mid weight and not overly complex but also not simple or one-dimensional. Cedar and spice are there too, a little out of balance but overall great QPR. You can definitely pay more for less. Reminds me of the old vine ravenswood of long ago before they were acquired. The definition of fun wine! I will serve this all summer long - should have bought a case.
Taste New Wines, Part 2 (San Diego Wine Co.): 84% Zin, 6% Syrah, 4% Grenache, 3% Mourvedre, & 3% P.S. from Dante Dusi Vyd, Paper Street Vyd, & French Camp; "Fermented in s/s & small open top bins. The frt was 100% sorted & de-stemmed. The must spent 20 days on the skins with frequent punch downs. Aged in neutral FR barriques for 11 mos." 3,300 cases bottled 8/14/18.
N: Slightly closed; Melange of berries, smoke, & pyrazines; HINTS of iodine?
P: LM body; NICE, almost swtish cherry/pyrazine frt (with hints of raisins) met by some astringent pucker which somewhat resolves by the LONG, balanced finish with a pleasant tangy/swtness & hints of raisins to the relatively inoffensive, dusty tannins. For now & the next 4 yrs, though I'd expect improvement during '19. Nicely done in a non-jammy, claret style. 15.2% ABV; My EXC-. [This vendor's $16.99 is $2.50 < the lowest of whine-searcher's limited postings.]
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4/6/2022 - Baron Slick wrote:
Ripe, red and black fruit, with a dusting of spices. Shows lots of bottle age, but it presents nicely, displaying nice balance and a tasty disposition.
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3/26/2021 - Scott Harbison Likes this wine: 90 Points
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, raspberry, oak, vanilla, lead pencil and black pepper. It tastes like raspberry, blackberry, mineral, vanilla and black pepper. The body is medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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10/21/2020 - pkatz wrote: 89 Points
Big fruit. Presents with some sweetness.
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7/12/2020 - yurcek Likes this wine: 89 Points
I enjoyed this wine. A nice blend. Soft tannins full bodied
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7/6/2020 - pkatz Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very tasty briary zin. Classic Paso Robles zin.
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5/1/2020 - Scott Harbison Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very concentrated fruit. Raspberries, plumb and blueberries. Peppery spice and a nice long finish.
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12/4/2019 - Griffiths Likes this wine: 85 Points
A unique Zin with the big bold style of Paso Robles. On first taste, thought this was going to be too sweet, but the finish delivered a fruity gulp balanced with some acidity and light tannin. Fun stuff.
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10/5/2019 - erikdahlin Likes this wine:
Nice rich ruby color, and full red berry aroma on first swirl. Needs some glass time to open up and burn off a slight hint of...plastic? And it did. Worked reasonably well with truffle-mousse-stuff portobellos baked with breadcrumbs.
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4/10/2019 - vinorsk Likes this wine: 88 Points
A jammy, ripe, supremely drinkable fruit bomb. Black fruit and classic zinfandel character with a mid-strength backbone of tannins and enough acidity for a meal. This is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Mid weight and not overly complex but also not simple or one-dimensional. Cedar and spice are there too, a little out of balance but overall great QPR. You can definitely pay more for less. Reminds me of the old vine ravenswood of long ago before they were acquired. The definition of fun wine! I will serve this all summer long - should have bought a case.
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1/5/2019 - srh Likes this wine:
Taste New Wines, Part 2 (San Diego Wine Co.): 84% Zin, 6% Syrah, 4% Grenache, 3% Mourvedre, & 3% P.S. from Dante Dusi Vyd, Paper Street Vyd, & French Camp; "Fermented in s/s & small open top bins. The frt was 100% sorted & de-stemmed. The must spent 20 days on the skins with frequent punch downs. Aged in neutral FR barriques for 11 mos." 3,300 cases bottled 8/14/18.
N: Slightly closed; Melange of berries, smoke, & pyrazines; HINTS of iodine?
P: LM body; NICE, almost swtish cherry/pyrazine frt (with hints of raisins) met by some astringent pucker which somewhat resolves by the LONG, balanced finish with a pleasant tangy/swtness & hints of raisins to the relatively inoffensive, dusty tannins. For now & the next 4 yrs, though I'd expect improvement during '19. Nicely done in a non-jammy, claret style. 15.2% ABV; My EXC-. [This vendor's $16.99 is $2.50 < the lowest of whine-searcher's limited postings.]
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