2018 Three Wine Company Zinfandel Old Vines

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  7/27/2023 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Value $18 Zinfandel Contra Costa, Calif., 2018 Three Wine Company Old Vines. Mid-garnet, rim variation, viscous (15.5% alc.); ripe grape, brambles, red fruit, light oak nose; low-mid acids; mid+ tannins; good Zinfandel fruit; long semi-hot chewy finish; opens with air. w/barbecue. 16-16.5 UC Davis scale, 90-91 other scales.

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  9/8/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Retail $20. Under cork. 77% Zinfandel, 11% Petite Sirah, 9% Carignane, 3% Alicante Bouschet. Made by Matt Cline (yes, *that* Cline) from Contra Costa fruit in and around Oakley. Why is that important? Well, I have ridden my bike in and around all of these 100+ year-old vineyards and it is really cool. These vines have survived despite the dozens (hundreds?) of warehouses, housing developments, and retail stores that have been built in and among the gnarly vines. It really is a different definition of “wine country.” I have tried a few iterations of this wine now and it really delivers, regardless of the price. But. When I saw this on the shelf at my local grocery store (I love my H-E-B) for right around ten bucks? You betcha. I might have to go back and buy what is left. On the dark side in the glass (thanks, Petite Sirah), with lovely fruit aromas: blackberry, plum, and quite brambly with sage and dark earth. The euphoria continues on the palate with an explosion of fruit, plenty of acidity, considerable depth, and a lengthy finish. For ten bucks? Back up the Tesla!
  
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  3/26/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Very ripe ripe and full and rounded fruit. Ok actually that is the contra Costa.
  
  Now the old vines. Much riper and fuller with that sense of powerful rye fruit.

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