A nose of berries and spice, dark garnet in color. A medium to full bodied Zin, with cherry, blackberry and bramble, with a spicy finish, just decent nothing special.
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Drank over 2 days with slow-roasted lamb and alone on the second day. Initially, nose showed overpowering toasted oak. Same on the palate -- just slathered in heavy oak. It integrated somewhat after about a half hour in the glass, but it was still hard to get any varietal character behind the oak mask. On the second night, it transformed a bit to show berry, but still was shrouded in oak. I really hate this style of wine. Ottimino's regular bottling is much better than this, unsurprisingly.
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4/14/2012 - corkscrews wrote: 86 Points
A nose of berries and spice, dark garnet in color. A medium to full bodied Zin, with cherry, blackberry and bramble, with a spicy finish, just decent nothing special.
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3/28/2011 - PIntag wrote: 78 Points
Drank over 2 days with slow-roasted lamb and alone on the second day. Initially, nose showed overpowering toasted oak. Same on the palate -- just slathered in heavy oak. It integrated somewhat after about a half hour in the glass, but it was still hard to get any varietal character behind the oak mask. On the second night, it transformed a bit to show berry, but still was shrouded in oak. I really hate this style of wine. Ottimino's regular bottling is much better than this, unsurprisingly.
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1/30/2011 - bambam wrote: 89 Points
ZAP 2011 20th Annual Grand Tasting; 1/29/2011-1/31/2011 (San Francisco, Fort Mason): Even though this is thier lower end botting, this was the best of the lineup today.
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3/6/2010 - Myunes wrote: 96 Points
Very good. Rich supple black currant with a hint of tobacco
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