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Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 95.1 points

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  10/31/2023 - Hammgolf89 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Beautiful wine! Absolutely ready to drink now. Tannins are extremely soft and non existent after short decant. But man was there a lot of flavor!! Peppery notes with lots of dark fruit. Powerful yet light at the same time. Drink if you can!

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  10/14/2023 - andrewdodd86 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Consistent notes. Blueberry bomb. With time more elegance, earth and black pepper. As good as Zin gets. On fire now but not going anywhere. Now-2030?

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  10/13/2023 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Dark purple. Lots of blueberries and vanilla, hint of pepper and spice on the finish. Big. Well put together.

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  8/10/2023 - Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Excellent! Starting to mellow a bit with age.

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  5/31/2023 - Kayentacellars wrote: 98 Points

  Magnum, with one hour decant. This is the first of four vintages produced by a collaboration between Justin Smith of Saxum and the late Philippe Cambie. 76% Zinfandel, 8% Syrah, 6% Mataro, 6% Grenache and the rest Tempranillo. A beautiful wine, deep ruby with intense aromas and flavors of black cherry, blackberry, toast and spice. Full body, smooth tannins, long rich finish.

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