Drank this over two nights. made the mistake of thinking that because this is a relatively inexpensive wine you could just unscrew the top and pour. Big mistake - the first night the wine was light bodied and unripe, the second night the wine was a smooth mouth filling wine with lots of ripe fruit.
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When I first opened the bottle the nose was musty and on the palate there was little fruit with a medicine, high alcohol finish. After 15-20 minutes the mus was gone and the wine became very fruit forward, almost jammy, with a little tartness on the finish. Matched well with turkey, sweet potatoe casserole and cranberry. Not the best zin but worked well with the meal.
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2008 d'Arenberg The Stump Jump Grenache Shiraz Mourverde
1/10/2011 - Istaples wrote: 89 Points
Drank this over two nights. made the mistake of thinking that because this is a relatively inexpensive wine you could just unscrew the top and pour. Big mistake - the first night the wine was light bodied and unripe, the second night the wine was a smooth mouth filling wine with lots of ripe fruit.
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2007 Shenandoah Vineyards Zinfandel Rezerve Paul's Vineyard
11/27/2010 - Istaples wrote: 86 Points
When I first opened the bottle the nose was musty and on the palate there was little fruit with a medicine, high alcohol finish. After 15-20 minutes the mus was gone and the wine became very fruit forward, almost jammy, with a little tartness on the finish. Matched well with turkey, sweet potatoe casserole and cranberry. Not the best zin but worked well with the meal.
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2005 Del Dotto Cabernet Franc
11/25/2010 - Istaples wrote: flawed
Bottle was corked, unfortunately my last bottle
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