Neil Valenzuela

9.1

Made for a nice strong wine for Magic: The Gathering night. Aromas of plum, blackberry and dark chocolate. Strong, lingering dark fruit, chalky minerality and cocoa. This one needs to breathe a bit.

🏅95 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
🏅95 Points - Antonio Galloni — a day ago

David Walser

9.2

Holding up well for a 13 year old PN. Drink now, it’s not going to get any better. — 3 days ago

Jess

9.0

Medium-deep ruby-purple color.
Aromas of grape, blackberry,
Dry. Flavors of cassis, blackberry, spice, black raspberry, blueberry compote.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 22 days ago

Jerry Raphael

9.1

Excellent wine. Color showed no sign of age, dark edge to edge. The nose had a lot going on; lead pencil, berries, licorice and others. The taste was full with a nice long smooth finish. Now on to 2016s. — 3 days ago

Rick Phillips

8.9

Like a lot of the older SO this Alexander Valley didn’t last long. Opened to lots of bright fruits but died quickly. — 15 days ago

with Letha

Nagib Nasr

8.9

Over the top Pinot Noir but I like it. — 4 days ago

Marc Melser

9.4

We had the 2019 Vintage on 8/4-5/24. A fantastic RRV PN. Black cherry, black raspberry, Cinnamon, baking spice and cola. Medium bodied with a wonderful mouth feel. Smoothed out tannins with a nice finish. Would definitely buy more. I like this more than their single vineyard offerings — a month ago

"Odedi"

9.1

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Fruity nose with black fruits, light oak, chocolates and light mildew.

Medium plus in body and elegant, with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, light cedar, vanilla, licorice, light herbs, tobacco, cola, light vegetables and black pepper.

Nice finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This 9 year old might be a tad past its peak, but it gave it an interesting aged Bordeaux feel.

Showing nice complexity at this point. Fruit forward, tangy and easy drinking.

Good right out of the bottle, and better with airtime. Needed 20 minutes of airtime to remove some of the funky notes, and gets earthier as it opens up.

I actually liked it more than I thought I would.

14.8% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$20 (current vintage). — 20 days ago

Leo Gentile

9.2

Dang, this high alcohol ripe fruit wine has really held up in the decade since bottling. The nose is subdued in terms of fruitiness compared to younger wines yet the layers of rich black fruit leather and spice come through as the wine opens up. Suggest opening and enjoying soon. — a month ago

ESF

9.0

So solid, year in year out - I know they make a ton of this, and yes it’s at Costco, but when you’re looking for a reliable Zin, this is it. Bordering on being too fruit forward - this barely checks the box for secondary aromas & flavors. Balanced harmonious with intermediate aging potential. Try to find their single vineyard offerings. — 9 days ago