2017 Chronic Cellars Dead Nuts

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90 points

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  7/23/2023 - Dinamarca wrote: 88 Points

  Sjov og lidt anerledes Zin. Dejlig åben næse med blommer, mørke kirsebær, våd jordbund, og vanille. I munden er vinen blød og rund. Fuld moden og med fin fylde og god textur. I min mund en lidt mere spændende og kompleks vin end de sædvanlige lidt flade Zinfandel-vine og som skyldes druesammensætningen. En høj alkoholprocent, der bliver mere markant efterhånden som vinen bliver varmere, trækker fra. Nyd den kold og inden for de kommede 2-3 år.

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  4/15/2021 - deekmon wrote: 90 Points

  74% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah, 8% Tempranillo, 2% Alicante Bouschet

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  11/9/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Taste CA Wines + 1 OR Pinot Noir (San Diego Wine Co.): “74% Zin, 16% P.S., 8% Tempranillo, & 2% Alicante Bouschet; $25 sugg retail;”
  
  N: Closed; INITIAL forest floor QUICKLY blows off to ripe berries
  
  P: LM body; NICE, ALMOST swtish frt (approaching threshold R.S.?) met by an astringent pucker which stays within hailing distance of the init frt as it works its way into a LONG, balanced finish with a tangy/swtness to the DUSTY tannins. NEEDS 12-18 mos, then drinking for 2-3 yrs more. 15% ABV; My VG+/EXC-, & I suppose one could argue for the higher based upon the QPR of a wine that should be able to take a BIT of aging. 90 pts ea Wine & Spirits ("Best Buy," 3/'19), Vinous (Raynolds, 9/25/18), and WE (4/1/19), + the ff'ing '19 Contest results: Gold @ Critics Challenge & Silver @ S.F. Chronicle. [This vendor's (closeout?) $14.99 would appear to be the only current source other than the winery itself.]

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