Winery - Midnight Cellars
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Feels raw and sharp, with cherry flavors that finish slightly sweet.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tannic and Porty, with a soft, simple structure framing baked blackberry and currant flavors. Seems hotter than the official alcohol reading of 14.1%.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rustic wine with strong, edgy tannins and modest cherry and coffee flavors. It’s very dry and astringent, but will soften with beef.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dense, tannic and dry, this wine has a vegetal note and finishes with a harsh burn.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Raw and common, with excessively sweet, jammy cherry-berry flavors and a bizarre streak of acidity that tastes like it came from a box.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells and tastes Porty, with caramelized raisin and black currant flavors. And with nearly 17% alcohol, it’s hot.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tannic, soft, dry and uninteresting, with a caramelly, Porty smell.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With high alcohol making for a hot mouthfeel, this Zinfandel also is deficient in acidity, and tastes sweet in berry jam flavors. It’s an old-fashioned wine that hasn’t kept pace with the modern Paso Robles style.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Good color, tight, firm fruit, with some heft to it. There’s cassis as well as cherry, and the wine has the weight of a Sonoma Zin, with good acids to give it lift. This is the first estate bottling from this exciting new winery. Unfortunately, just 28 cases made.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of exotic citrus, peach and tropical fruit flavors in this crisply clean blend, but it’s really too sweet to qualify as a dry table wine. Tastes more like something you’d have for dessert.
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