Retail $50. "78% Zinfandel, 11% Alicante Bouschet, 9% Petite Sirah. The remaining 2% includes Carignane, Trousseau, Sangiovese, Petit Bouschet, Negrette, Plavac Mali, Syrah, Tannat, Muscat Noir, Peloursin, Cinsaut, Béclan, and Grenache." Another ACORN, another field blend. This one has 16 varieties (!), but we are just getting started (check out the Medley). The fruit for this wine comes from the oldest part of the vineyard, mostly planted in 1890. Dark in the glass with bramble red and blue fruit. Whoa. The nose on this is off the charts. Yowza. Fruity but by no means “big” this is always one of my favorite Zins. Whoa. Outstanding.
The wine looks inky colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry with rich smokey oak. It tastes like dark chocolate, espresso, blackberry with hints of blueberry. The body is full. The wine has a smooth, rounded texture. The wine finishes delightfully long. The wine has medium acidity. Great powerful wine to pair with a prime rib roast.
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The nose is dense prune plum, black cherry nectar, and abundant pie spice. The palate entry is dry, crisp, and saturated blue plum, graphite, sappy, mouth-coating blackberry on the finish. Drink 2020 – 2026.
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7/21/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points
Retail $50. "78% Zinfandel, 11% Alicante Bouschet, 9% Petite Sirah. The remaining 2% includes Carignane, Trousseau, Sangiovese, Petit Bouschet, Negrette, Plavac Mali, Syrah, Tannat, Muscat Noir, Peloursin, Cinsaut, Béclan, and Grenache." Another ACORN, another field blend. This one has 16 varieties (!), but we are just getting started (check out the Medley). The fruit for this wine comes from the oldest part of the vineyard, mostly planted in 1890. Dark in the glass with bramble red and blue fruit. Whoa. The nose on this is off the charts. Yowza. Fruity but by no means “big” this is always one of my favorite Zins. Whoa. Outstanding.
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12/25/2020 - vitruviansquirrel Likes this wine: 93 Points
The wine looks inky colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry with rich smokey oak. It tastes like dark chocolate, espresso, blackberry with hints of blueberry. The body is full. The wine has a smooth, rounded texture. The wine finishes delightfully long. The wine has medium acidity. Great powerful wine to pair with a prime rib roast.
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10/27/2020 - Kaley Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine is lush, smooth, and not a vanilla bomb. I'm not a zinfandel lover, but I really enjoyed this one.
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4/23/2020 - purely Likes this wine: 91 Points
The nose is dense prune plum, black cherry nectar, and abundant pie spice. The palate entry is dry, crisp, and saturated blue plum, graphite, sappy, mouth-coating blackberry on the finish. Drink 2020 – 2026.
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