Severn Goodwin

9.4

2002; Father's Day 2022
👃 Dried blackberries, dried blueberries, over-ripe black cherry, crushed dark chocolate | 👅 Black cherry & strawberry syrup reduction, over-ripe nectarine skin, dark chocolate sauce, light tar notes, acidity/tannins persists with a long, round finish. Satisfying.

Cork pulled for slow oxidation, 11H rest at time of notes.

The end of the line for our Annette's stock, starting life in our cellar as a 4-pack back in Nov. 2005 ($22.50), this has been an enjoyable run.
Paired to homemade chocolate lava cake. 🤤 — 8 days ago

Pablo Sanchez Bosch

9.1

Balanced Zinfandel with strong notes of pepper and red fruit, mostly cherry. It’s balanced and enjoyable now, but it will definitely hold good for a few years. Very good! — 8 days ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Floral, red and black fruits, bramble, velvety tannin, balanced 👌 — 12 days ago

Ming L

9.2

This Zin continues to impress me. Plum, blueberry, fig, black pepper, espresso, and light tobacco. Juicy and smooth on the palate. Round acidity and tannins. Lingering candied and smoky finish.
Paring with burger is as good as it gets. Fantastic value for a single vineyard bottling from St. Helena. — a day ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby, complex, yet delicate with aromas of dark fruits, spice and earthy notes. On the palate flavors of plum and cherry with smoky oak, pepper and cacao wrapped in generous acidity. Fine sweet tannins, long finish, great structure ending with fruit, cedar, spice and slight earthy tones. Nice! — 9 days ago

Andrew Belzer

9.5

Blackberry, strawberry seed, cedar, pencil shavings, pepper, soft supple tannins — 8 days ago

Conrad Green

9.0

Rich and sweet. Deep fruit. Pretty — 2 days ago

with Paul

Tom Casagrande

9.1

Popped too young, but I just wanted to open it, dammit. Classic fairly old-school Zin nose, with brambly blackberry, a bit of American oak, and stony gravel. Fairly tight in the mouth. I love the focused fruit, which is not jammy in the least. It’s very dry (which is almost jarring these days of jammy Zins with residual sugar), and it’s got some youthfully drying tannins. Needs, and will be better in, at least 2-3 years, but enjoyable now. — 8 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Blend of 82% Zinfandel, 14% Petite Sirah & 4% Carignane, deep Ruby with aromas of berry fruits and tangy spices. On the palate flavors of blackberry and cherry with black pepper spice and a touch of sweet herbs. Soft tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, spice and some oak. Nice! — 9 days ago

Seth Masterson

9.2

I'm generally not a huge zinfandel fan but this one ticks all the right boxes. I get mostly blue fruits, the French oak is nice and subtle, some earthiness and red meat smells as well. On the palate it has that odd zin character of medium plus acid and medium plus tannins but 5 years has given them enough time to harmonize. — 8 days ago