Day 1 was a lot of fruit and tannin, was ok. Day 2 was much better, more balanced and smoother. Still an abundance of black and purple fruit, minimal tannin with a moderate acid finish, possibly from some valdiguie in the blend? Did not seem like a 16+% wine.
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Not sure this tastes like a zin, but it has lots of spice. Fruit seemed low at first, though came forward with dinner of barbecue chicken. The nose seemed hot, though at 16.1% not a surprise. He thought he could taste the alcohol, she thinks there were tannins, but we agree on spice and pepper. This was a nice bottle of wine, and really held its own against dinner.
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11/1/2020 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 91 Points
Again a huge opportunity to drink aged wines from CA.
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12/14/2019 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 92 Points
I love the fact that you acquire these wines with some age. Very tasty!
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5/21/2017 - Aztec94 wrote: 90 Points
Day 1 was a lot of fruit and tannin, was ok. Day 2 was much better, more balanced and smoother. Still an abundance of black and purple fruit, minimal tannin with a moderate acid finish, possibly from some valdiguie in the blend? Did not seem like a 16+% wine.
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10/25/2012 - blabbott wrote: 89 Points
Not sure this tastes like a zin, but it has lots of spice. Fruit seemed low at first, though came forward with dinner of barbecue chicken. The nose seemed hot, though at 16.1% not a surprise. He thought he could taste the alcohol, she thinks there were tannins, but we agree on spice and pepper. This was a nice bottle of wine, and really held its own against dinner.
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