Winery - Mounts
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
You might mistake this for a good Dry Creek Zinfandel, it’s so briary, brambly and peppery. The fruit is all about red cherries and rec currants, pure and refined, wrapped into dusty tannins. A nice, dry, full-bodied red wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Oaky and appealing, with blackberry, currant, chocolate and oaky flavors that finish in a swirl of peppery spice. This dry wine was blended with a bit of Syrah and Petite Sirah.
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Mounts Zinfandel - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of new French oak gives this wine a pronounced taste of caramel, smoke and vanilla. That’s on top of the massive blackberry, cherry, chocolate, green olive and pepper flavors. The result is delicious, but the wine is a bit too hot and soft for balance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A very good wine, dry and super-spicy, with the brambly fruit you want in a Dry Creek Zin. It shows robust, complex flavors of cherries and raspberries along with an exotic coating of sandalwood. Drink now.
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Mounts Zinfandel - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
If you think you don’t like Syrah, try this one. It’s so pretty, so easy to drink for its soft lushness, but is also quite complex. Offers gentle waves of raspberries, cherries, licorice, Canadian bacon and pepper that finish bone dry and spicy.
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Mounts Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A little too hot and brawny in tannins, which provides a cut across the palate that interferes with pleasure. If you can get past that, the wine is nicely dry and rich in fruit, with cherry, tobacco, spice and oak flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows a distinguished structure and mouthfeel proving that Dry Creek Cabs are really moving forward. Quite different from Napa in the briary, brambly, wild berry flavors, almost like Zinfandel, and the brisk tannins. This food-friendly wine will perform well on a restaurant wine list.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavy tannins, which accentuate the acids, lock this wine down now, making it astringently dry and tart. Underneath all that are deep, earthy flavors of blackberries, coffee and pepper. Doesn’t seem to be ageworthy, so drink up.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Easy to like for its clean, dry purity, and the complicated flavors of black currants, blackberry jam, pepper and cedar. There’s a firmness of tannins and acidity that make the structure especially attractive. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Good varietal flavors of wild berries and spices in this dry Zinfandel, but it feels rustic, and the alcohol level of 16.2% is out of balance.
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Mounts Zinfandel - 2008
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