A very Sonoma Zin, bold yet restrained, strong but not imposing, this is great work from a winemaker with a good sense of the nuances of Zins. After 4 hours decanting, aromas of dark fruit, cigar and pepper wafted up and continued onto the palate.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
A big, aggressive wine. I suppose I should have known as much given that it's a zin, but I was hoping it had calmed down a bit 6 yrs after bottling. Opened and got a quick sip, very wound up and tannic, with a distinct bitter finish. The fruit was there, but overwhelmed by tannins.
2.5 hrs in with grilled ribeyes, everything started coming together. More fruit and still a lot of structure, but definitely enjoyable. I haven't had a lot of zins recently, so no real benchmark to compare to.
5 hrs after decanting and there's still structure left. This bottle can go for a while longer. Sad I don't have another to see how it fleshes out another 5 yrs down the road.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
7/3/2012 - rhanke wrote: 90 Points
Seems to be aging well. nice structure and aroma.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/8/2012 - bbakove wrote: 90 Points
A very Sonoma Zin, bold yet restrained, strong but not imposing, this is great work from a winemaker with a good sense of the nuances of Zins. After 4 hours decanting, aromas of dark fruit, cigar and pepper wafted up and continued onto the palate.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/24/2012 - mlunt wrote: 91 Points
A big, aggressive wine. I suppose I should have known as much given that it's a zin, but I was hoping it had calmed down a bit 6 yrs after bottling. Opened and got a quick sip, very wound up and tannic, with a distinct bitter finish. The fruit was there, but overwhelmed by tannins.
2.5 hrs in with grilled ribeyes, everything started coming together. More fruit and still a lot of structure, but definitely enjoyable. I haven't had a lot of zins recently, so no real benchmark to compare to.
5 hrs after decanting and there's still structure left. This bottle can go for a while longer. Sad I don't have another to see how it fleshes out another 5 yrs down the road.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/12/2011 - nogohawk wrote: 92 Points
VG zin with loads of blackberry & a bit of spice on the finish
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/9/2011 - nogohawk wrote: 92 Points
Popped & poured - drank over 2 nights; VG zin with loads of blackberry & a bit of spice on the finish; tannins mellowed even more on day 2
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment