Make sure you let this breathe adequately before drinking. Once it opened up we could really appreciate the wine. Beautiful body and nice red color. Red berry and cedar on the nose. Smooth and without the characteristic smoke and pepperiness of most Zins, but raspberry, cedar finish with light tannins. Somewhat off balance that effects the pleasantness of the finish which is the biggest negative and knocked off a couple points.
We had this at a friends inventory reduction tasting. It had a deep, rich, very ripe, and powerful bouquet of black cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate, pepper and spice aromas. The palate was rich, ripe and dry with flavors that followed the nose.
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12/30/2017 - MurphyCellar Likes this wine: 84 Points
I waited too long on this one. It was past its prime.
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6/17/2015 - MemorialWineFan wrote: 87 Points
Fun bottle. Perhaps a little too much oak. Could easily go a few more years despite other tasting notes.
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1/11/2014 - Sheldog Likes this wine: 89 Points
Make sure you let this breathe adequately before drinking. Once it opened up we could really appreciate the wine. Beautiful body and nice red color. Red berry and cedar on the nose. Smooth and without the characteristic smoke and pepperiness of most Zins, but raspberry, cedar finish with light tannins. Somewhat off balance that effects the pleasantness of the finish which is the biggest negative and knocked off a couple points.
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11/24/2012 - k8thegr8 wrote: 85 Points
Don't wait. Drink now.
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10/14/2012 - garambler Likes this wine: 90 Points
We had this at a friends inventory reduction tasting. It had a deep, rich, very ripe, and powerful bouquet of black cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate, pepper and spice aromas. The palate was rich, ripe and dry with flavors that followed the nose.
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