2015 A. Rafanelli Zinfandel

Community Tasting Notes (70) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  2/14/2024 - Jerrywine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Excellent Zin with a ton of blackberries and some of those Zin brambles. Fully integrated with a long smooth finish. Not sure if drinking this earlier would have made the fruits brighter but still overall a very special wine.

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  12/25/2023 - In vino potestus est Likes this wine: 98 Points

  A California (mostly Sonoma) Christmas. My oh my!
  Its been a while since I've posted but the wines served today for Christmas, all California, were stunning and spectacular and deserve a mention in tasting history.
  2014 Bacigalupi Chardonnay. Unbelievable. Rich California sun with layers of honey, vanilla slathered appricots and lemons with a finish that went on forever. It is time to drink this. 98-99 points
  2015 A. Rafanelli Zinfandel. Are you kidding me. Rich Concentrated jammy fruit with raspberry, blackberries, pepper and an everlasting finish. 98-99 points.
  1993 Ridge California Zinfandel Essence.The color betrayed its age and I hesitated and then tasted. Glorious, jammy fruit, sweet and rich but not cloying. Exactly what I want in a dessert wine. Spectacular. Neither the Riussec or the d'Yqem beat this. 100 points.
  These wines were terrific when I bought and cellared them. They are spectacular now. Drink all of them NOW.

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  12/2/2023 - thesternowl wrote: 92 Points

  Popped and poured; no formal notes. Enjoyed alongside the 2019. Tonight, the 2015 showed slightly bigger, deeper fruit. Still developing with a higher proportion of black fruit relative to the black and red mix of brambles in the 2019. Structure for many more years of enjoyment. Balanced and just so winsome in the Rafanelli way. Just entering its second plenitude but I expect this to be enjoyable through 2035.

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  11/1/2023 - wirelesswine wrote: 93 Points

  In a great place - still big brambly fruit, but the structure has started to yield just enough to enhance the perception of it.

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  9/12/2023 - moxielady wrote: 95 Points

  Beautiful and balanced
  Drinking well now

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