2017 Matt Parish Zinfandel The 24

Community Tasting Notes (6) Median Score: 88 points

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  11/7/2019 - MRonan83 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Overall it was good. More earthy than fruity but smooth. PnP but should have waited an hour or so. Was getting better with time. Will probably buy some more to keep on hand.

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  11/1/2019 - 1sophrosyne1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I didn't find this Zin very fruit forward at all -- barely correct, in fact. It displayed much more of a rugged terroir like that in Eastern European reds. After decanting for nearly an hour, it poured a dark and bloody with clumpy sheets of glyceryl cascades on the glass. Right away, the nose is ecologically immense, rather than agricultural. It was like trudging through an evergreen and birch forest situated on the mossy rocks of some craggy Atlantic land mass. Dates and raisins dusted in baking spices dance in the background. But fossil fuels are more prominent. It enters the mouth stealthily smooth. The petrol is prominent as it lays out, curling around the tongue, in restrained fashion. Those dark Mediterranean fruits are there, along with a brightly acidic pomegranate note, but still a backbone of sinewy cedar and a toasted nuttiness (pecan and pellicle of Pará nut) dominate. Blackberry and vanilla steal in, shrouded in peat-smoke. Those earthen and combusted notes contribute to length for a wine that would otherwise be surprisingly short. Tannins are fairly persistent, acids on the low side of moderate, and body a mite thin. With time, toffee and red currant come up in the nose. Salty cheddar and tobacco pile tacky behind the lips. Frutti di bosco acids emerge without the sugars of any particular undergrowth plant; still the granite forest holds sway. If I have a critique it's about the lack of weight to accompany all the geological scents and flavors, but that probably makes it more versatile, overall. This dark Zin is worth twice what we paid for it.

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  10/17/2019 - daveyk39 wrote: 87 Points

  30m air. Medium ruby color. Raspberry jam, clove, forest floor, hint of vanilla. Medium-Full bodied, slightly think texture, hot on the palate, loads of red fruit. Reasonable, unremarkable.

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  10/13/2019 - JohnVA wrote: 84 Points

  Enjoyable but not memorable zin...and I usually love zin’s.

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  7/14/2019 - Carol Lynn Likes this wine: 90 Points

  July 2019
  Opened 7/6 - decanted 1 hour at cellar temp (closer to 60+ than 55 as Matt suggests)
  Aroma very pleasant - dark fruits, earth
  First sips without food - a bit of alcohol heat, dark fruits, chocolate - no tannings, very smooth
  First pairing - lamb steak - fruits, very smooth; caprese - even smoother. Last few sips a couple hours later - smoother still, a bit of chocolate, no heat
  Second and third pairings were cheeseburgers with BBQ sauce mixed in the meat and caprese. Flavor/taste - soft, fruity, delicious! The last evening (July 15 - kept in cellar with original cork jammed back in part way), without food, there was a hint of tartness and heat.
  
  Very tasty, Matt - thank you for continuing to make delicious, elegant wines for us!

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