Annual Caroling & Chili Party (R&D's): Youthful color with dark zin fruit and peppery spice on the nose and palate. Medium-bodied and balanced, finishing with good length. Always reliable and a crowd pleaser. (R&D)
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Medium dark ruby red. Decanted for sediment and tasted from a PnP. Lots of fine sediment in the bottle.
Beautiful nose. Stewed cherries, cherry liquor, fresh blackberries, violets, and clove-driven spiced cocoa. Medium bodied, nice bright acidity, and a ton of structure. Bright fresh plums, dried blackberries and cherries, a bit of raspberry liquor, sweet baking spices with nutmeg and cloves coming to the top, a bit of leather, a hint of violets. A lot of structure from the angular tannins, although they feel a bit softer as the wine gets more air. Tannins dry out the mouth leading to a persisting finish of dried blueberries, minerals, leather, violets, and black pepper.
I can’t imagine this getting any better than this. There’s a constant battle between blue fruits from the PS vs the red fruits from the Zin going on. Just lovely.
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12/9/2023 - AllRed wrote: 90 Points
Annual Caroling & Chili Party (R&D's): Youthful color with dark zin fruit and peppery spice on the nose and palate. Medium-bodied and balanced, finishing with good length. Always reliable and a crowd pleaser. (R&D)
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1/14/2023 - ChateauShiny Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium dark ruby red. Decanted for sediment and tasted from a PnP. Lots of fine sediment in the bottle.
Beautiful nose. Stewed cherries, cherry liquor, fresh blackberries, violets, and clove-driven spiced cocoa. Medium bodied, nice bright acidity, and a ton of structure. Bright fresh plums, dried blackberries and cherries, a bit of raspberry liquor, sweet baking spices with nutmeg and cloves coming to the top, a bit of leather, a hint of violets. A lot of structure from the angular tannins, although they feel a bit softer as the wine gets more air. Tannins dry out the mouth leading to a persisting finish of dried blueberries, minerals, leather, violets, and black pepper.
I can’t imagine this getting any better than this. There’s a constant battle between blue fruits from the PS vs the red fruits from the Zin going on. Just lovely.
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7/3/2022 - casjf Likes this wine: 89 Points
Strawberry and raspberry flavors. Pairing with steak fajitas was okay, but not ideal.
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4/30/2022 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Seemed to hit the spot. The PS must give it the structure. Full-bodied, complex integrated fruit, quite smooth, nice finish.
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3/18/2022 - marksfamily Likes this wine:
Enjoy now. Long finish. Drinks like a cab.
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