2017 Girard Winery Old Vine Zinfandel

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  3/2/2023 - yurcek Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Baked cherries, full bodied, slight tobacco aroma, deep red color, soft tannins

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  6/5/2022 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very typical Napa Zin. Medium-dark, brambly and with a slathering of oak. A slightly drying finish from a bit too much alcohol: 15%. Like many high alcohol Zins, best to enjoy younger rather than older before the charming fruit of youth disappears behind age and alcohol — like many people!

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  5/31/2022 - Crunge wrote: 87 Points

  Nose of spice and a touch of earth. Palate had cocoa, weak red fruits, and a touch of oak. WHERE'S THE PEPPER? Given that this also has 5% Petite Sirah, the lack of pepper is disappointing. My wife used one word: bland.

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  8/22/2021 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 90 Points

  Light purple color. Suave nose of baked cherries and plum cake with violets, sweet clove, vanilla and spicy pepper. Full-bodied but fresh with blackberries and cherry pie, with some moderate acidity to balance things out. Spicy pepper, leather, roasted red pepper, with clove and vanilla. The cedar is a bit heavy-handed, but other than that, this is solid.

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  8/6/2021 - vino vidi vici Does not like this wine:

  Overblown sweet syrup - no thanks.

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