Live Oak Vineyard Zinfandel

Flavors are intensely concentrated, marked by sweet berries, roasted coffee and licorice. It was aged for 12 months in 40% new French oak. Pairs well with grilled meats, rich stews, or heart pasta dishes.

One of their single vineyard wines

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Big plum dark fruit aroma. Big bold dark fruit with layers of flavors that change. Plums then leather/tobacco thick creamy rolling. then a dry finish.

Insanely good zin with big flavor profile. Best with food, meat dishes esp. as has a nice white pepper spice along with coffee undertone

Always quality

San Francisco Bay fruit, so this seems to be a rather cool microclimate for this grape. I think this one is a little past prime. Still had some black cherry and dried herb notes. A little bit of pipe tobacco. Finish line of has a vegetal character that was a little bit off putting. But a little bit impressed at the longevity. This basically makes me afraid to open up the 75 Montelena Zin as I have a feeling it might be nothing more than mushroom and rotted fruit....

Delicious, berry accents

Snowy January night. Homemade beef stew. Outstanding Cline Zin

16.5+. 1995! Still deep ruby, a bit of brown at rim. Plenty of fruit remains. M+ length. Good with Thanksgiving turkey, followed the 2006 Lytton Springs well.