Golden straw color, incredibly smooth with toasty oak and buttery, fruited notes. Firm and well rounded, not cloying, but ripe. A bit one-dimensional. My picky spouse liked very much. Nice acidity on the long finish. Good Chardonnay for $20.
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A nice dusty nose of fruited coffee and 5-spice opens up a refreshing, fully ripe Zinfandel that isn't so huge it stomps on your palate with every sip but big enough to show off exquisite sonoma zinfandel fruit. Nice acidity and decent, fine tannins dominate the finish...lacking some complexity..but for $14 I will buy more. This is a great table wine or barbeque red. serve with sauced or gilled meats and you cannot go wrong.
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Big, black and beautiful. Dark, rich blackberry fruit with smoky, charred undertone-this is Barossa in a bottle with enough acidity to enjoy with hearty meal but a silky mouthfeel that qualifies it as a sipper. Enjoyable.Quality. A bit riper and the score would have been an easy 93-94. Better than the 2005.
Night 2-after vacuvinning and pouring into large glass I caught a whiff of brett but it dissipated and it is opening up nicely. In my opinion it has done fine despite opening yesterday. Still very primary,tart black fruit.
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2005 Pine Ridge Vineyards Chardonnay Dijon Clones Barrel Fermented
4/8/2008 - Anthony Lombardo wrote: 89 Points
Golden straw color, incredibly smooth with toasty oak and buttery, fruited notes. Firm and well rounded, not cloying, but ripe. A bit one-dimensional.
My picky spouse liked very much. Nice acidity on the long finish. Good Chardonnay for $20.
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2005 Marietta Cellars Zinfandel
3/31/2008 - Anthony Lombardo wrote: 89 Points
A nice dusty nose of fruited coffee and 5-spice opens up a refreshing, fully ripe Zinfandel that isn't so huge it stomps on your palate with every sip but big enough to show off exquisite sonoma zinfandel fruit. Nice acidity and decent, fine tannins dominate the finish...lacking some complexity..but for $14 I will buy more. This is a great table wine or barbeque red. serve with sauced or gilled meats and you cannot go wrong.
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2006 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz
2/12/2008 - Anthony Lombardo wrote: 90 Points
Big, black and beautiful. Dark, rich blackberry fruit with smoky, charred undertone-this is Barossa in a bottle with enough acidity to enjoy with hearty meal but a silky mouthfeel that qualifies it as a sipper.
Enjoyable.Quality. A bit riper and the score would have been an easy 93-94. Better than the 2005.
Night 2-after vacuvinning and pouring into large glass I caught a whiff of brett but it dissipated and it is opening up nicely. In my opinion it has done fine despite opening yesterday. Still very primary,tart black fruit.
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