This wine greatly exceeded my expectations. Aromas of dark fruits and dark chocolate gave way to flavors of leather, ripe blackberries and cinnamon. Not jammy at all, just smooth and delicious with a long finish that made me wish I could drink this whole bottle myself. An excellent wine and one to savor now, but nowhere over the hill.
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showing so well....a bit alcoholic, but well structured and balanced, good acidity. Threw many for a loop....BDX, Cote Rotie, etc., and justifiably so. Besides the bit of heat, maybe less peppery and spicy, and certainly not as grapey fruity as Zin can get.
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Aromas: baked plum, slight menthol, wet earth, heat, chocolate Structure: baked cherry and plum, bittersweet chocolate, some menthol, heat, very well balanced by subtle but dry tannins Finish: long, dry, cocoa, some green (tannic) notes, then bitersweet chocolate 2.4/3.0
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5/25/2016 - JuliannaDHS Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine greatly exceeded my expectations. Aromas of dark fruits and dark chocolate gave way to flavors of leather, ripe blackberries and cinnamon. Not jammy at all, just smooth and delicious with a long finish that made me wish I could drink this whole bottle myself.
An excellent wine and one to savor now, but nowhere over the hill.
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3/2/2012 - HemiCuda wrote:
showing so well....a bit alcoholic, but well structured and balanced, good acidity. Threw many for a loop....BDX, Cote Rotie, etc., and justifiably so. Besides the bit of heat, maybe less peppery and spicy, and certainly not as grapey fruity as Zin can get.
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12/3/2006 - MarRxK wrote:
Aromas: baked plum, slight menthol, wet earth, heat, chocolate Structure: baked cherry and plum, bittersweet chocolate, some menthol, heat, very well balanced by subtle but dry tannins Finish: long, dry, cocoa, some green (tannic) notes, then bitersweet chocolate 2.4/3.0
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10/24/2006 - jmcnally wrote: 84 Points
Nothing special.
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4/7/2005 - twoamps wrote: 90 Points
nice to have a napa zin occasionally to remind how different they are form sonoma. Berry, pepper, some good structure. Wonderful for $13.
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