David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Bruce Phillips and his wife were pouring their 2021. Talked w/ him at length. Very nice couple.

The 2021 showed well young with room for improving with 10-25 years in bottle and beyond. It showed some evolution, wasn’t all primary. Elegant, very well balanced with excellent structure and finish. Drink 2033-45 properly stored.

The general Napa consensus on 2022 vintage will be a story of did you pick before or after the 6 days of extreme heat during the harvest window. One producer told me his would add 5% of 2023 to some of his 2022’s, which is allowed. He mentioned that he was going to add 15%. But, I think he just misspoke? Get ready for an amazing 2023 vintage from Napa. It was a cooler, not hot-hot, which was a near perfect growing season for long slow even ripening. Some say a vintage of a lifetime and others would only say exceptional.

The Saturday-Sunday Pavilion tasting at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is an excellent four hours to taste a lot wine, taste curated dishes from chefs from all over the country and meet the people behind the bottle. These short ribs were one of the top two or three things I tasted at the Pavilion Saturday. — 11 days ago

Leo Gentile

9.1

Brilliant garnet red. Fruity nose of red currant and raspberry. Supple tannins and luscious red fruit leather and earth. Sorry I have but the one bottle. Drink now. — a year ago

Jeremy.Buss

8.9

Hadn’t had Zin in a while and was pleasantly surprised with this one. Wonderful bouquet of dark berries at the first sip, with blueberry, blackberry and raspberry coming through. Touch of spice and the whole combo went very well with our BBQ ribs. — 4 years ago

Neal Ferry

8.9

I had one glass because I was Blouted on PetMat — 7 days ago

with TwiLea

Ellen R

8.9

Good one for tomato side — 8 months ago

Claire Montgomery

9.1

Part of zin wine tasting. Fav one of the set — 3 years ago

Jacob smith

9.0

Read about this wine in decanter. It was 2014 version. Alot of fruit. Couldnt really pick one but a little cherry was my guess. Very acditic. Pepper and clove. — 4 years ago

Sarah Godfrey

10

Yes! I like this one, smooth, not acidic. Buy again! $19 at the liquor store. — a month ago

Donald Williams

9.5

One of the best Zinfandels we’ve ever had. — 6 months ago

with Bonnie

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of ruby plus purple. Nose of crayon, aldehyde, some strawberry, oak, some tobacco leaves, a bit spice in the nasal cavity. Nose is plenty. Taste is silky, slight sweet, ripe grapes, a bit zest, vanilla, a bit peppery, oak, almost no tannins, tasty and soft. Aftertaste shows some more oak and warmth. A good one. — 4 years ago