Winery - August Briggs
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Black fruit with a touch of prune and meat on the nose. Oak-lashed plums and currants in the mouth taste a bit burnt from the wood treatment. A woody express train, with lots of coffee. Fans of dark, structured, oaky wines will get a kick out of this one.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows textbook Russian River notes of cherries and sweet cola, with a silky texture and good acids. Feels a little rough around the edges, with a candied finish. Toasty oak completes the picture.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Deep and sweet, but there’s also an unusual and appetizing edge offered via cola nut and root beer. Any tartness to the blackberry fruit is offset by vanillin oak. Pleasurable, full-bodied and on the money. It’s stylish good stuff with a correct amount of woody character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Does a great job of offering ripe, forward blackberry, black cherry, briary wild berry and peppery spice flavors upfront, with firm tannins, in a wine that’s totally dry and not over the top in alcohol. You’ll find Zin’s muscular wild personality dressed in the Armani of Napa.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
What a great wine. Dry, smooth and complex, with a silky texture and nice, firm acids, as well as an opulent layer of what tastes like fine French oak. The flavors are fully ripe, suggesting black and red cherries with a dusting of sweet cocoa.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Quite dark in color, with a dark-edged flavor profile as well. Charry, smoky qualities frame black plum and cherry notes that give way to herb and spice flavors. Bright on the finish, with an herbal, slighty astringent edge at the end.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of smoky, toasty accents on the plump blackberry and cherry fruit. Spicy fruit, anise, earth, and leather add to the aromatic elements when the wine hits your palate.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
. A fairly complex blend of toasty oak-framed black cherry, blackberry, bing cherry, spice, herb and vanilla flavors framed in firm, supple tannins. The finish is moderate in length.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Supple and plump, this Pinot announces itself with a nuanced red berry, cinnamon-clove spice, soy and tree-bark bouquet. The palate’s velvety feel, subtle acidity and caramel-tinged sweet fruit have great appeal. Closes stylishly with a ripe and spicy, almost sappy-feeling, softly tannic finish. Drink now through 2006.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mature, earthy meat, leather, tobacco, mocha and stewed fruit aromas open this controversial wine. All tasters found the cherry and sour herb flavors tasty, but some found the sharp high-acid mouthfeel unpleasant, while others thought it smooth, soft and velvety. Go figure. Drink now–2005.
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