Purple in color with a wide purplish rim.
Fruity nose of blackberries, blueberries, sweet strawberries, plums, wood, licorice, spices, dark chocolates, earth, pencil lead, peppercorn and tobacco.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity. Smooth with long legs.
Dry on the palate, and fruity with blueberries, cherries, plums, oak, vanilla, spices, licorice, earth, meats, green vegetables, herbs, chocolates and peppercorn.
Nice length on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
What a great Zinfandel from Sonoma County, California. Getting into the drinking range now. Well balanced with nice complexity and interesting acidity.
Good as a sipping wine, all by itself or with food. Good right out of the bottle and better as it opens up (1 hour).
This is not the jammy Californian Zinfandel one might be used to. Spicy and interesting. I really enjoyed it this time.
This 4 year old is drinking very nicely now. I had this vintage a couple of years ago, and it was not very enjoyable. What a difference a couple of years in the bottle has done...
Could use a few more years to become even better.
Wine Spectator 92 points.
14.8% alcohol by volume. — 8 years ago
2009 vintage. — 10 years ago
Good body and aroma 92 points — 13 years ago
975 Katie and Tylee Zoodles — 7 years ago
At da Baffone with Trudy and Jim. 2018. — 7 years ago
Enjoyed at Cecconi’s in Dumbo. — 8 years ago
2015 vintage — 8 years ago
Parker gave this 100 points today! Hooray Jason delicious!Kevin insisted on drinking it tonight — 10 years ago
Amazing wine - still fresh and light tannins. Fruit is elegant, balanced, black fruits. Heaven in a glass. 99 points. Super long finish. Coby- you should have bid more! — 12 years ago
MGM minnetonka. Mild. Easy drinker. Little spice at the end. Would buy again. — 7 years ago
Delicious — 7 years ago
Nice and peppery chairmans select for )13.99 & better than the Buried Cane for the same price — 10 years ago
Very nice table and casual wine — 11 years ago
Cape May Cucina Rose with everyone. Good merlot from Napa — 12 years ago
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Nice with grilled honey Aleppo chicken (more so then the Tuscan herbed), and a Jose Llopis cigar. Very pleasing Rhone blend from Paso Robles. — 7 years ago