Winery - Shenandoah
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made from the Viognier grape, this is a very sweet wine that oozes flavors of orange custard, honeysuckle, vanilla, caramel and white fudge. It’s tremendously spicy, with a firm acidity that creates a clean zestiness despite the sugar.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s not much color to this pale wine, and not much flavor either, except for sugar and weak, diluted strawberries. But it’s acceptable.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a great value for a Sierra Foothills Zin, where you get some real mountain character. The sturdy tannins buck up wild berry flavors laced with coffee and herbs, and while the wine is bone dry, it finishes with ripe sweetness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Decently drinkable, a wine with slightly baked flavors of cherries and chocolate and tough, gritty tannins. Feels dry and rich in the mouth. Although simple, a good partner to your next lasagna.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells darkly fruity, with plum and earth aromas, but turns watery and thin in the mouth. The middle palate is tannic, and the rough finish is hot. If you must drink it, try with oily, buttery, and meaty-fatty foods to soften it up.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark, bitterly dry and mouth-puckeringly tannic, this is not a wine for those looking for immediate hedonistic pleasure. Although extensive decanting and big, rich meats and cheeses will help, it’s really built for the cellar. Should hold and soften for 20 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made from Viognier and Roussanne, this intensely sweet wine has rich flavors of the ripest apricots and white peaches, drizzled with vanilla and cinnamon spice. The texture can only be described as voluptuous. Acidity is good, providing a cleansing balance. The alcohol is a very high 18 percent. This is sheer decadence.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Syrupy and fruity, with flavors of peach and apple juice, spearmint and guava. The full-throttle flavors finish a little sweet, and the acid is low.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Simple and a little sweet, but real clean, with zesty raspberry flavors that trail off to a spicy finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Good price for a lusty Zin filled with ripe cherry, blackberry and chocolate flavors. It has that briary nettle quality that marks the variety, and is soft.
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