Bogle Family Vineyards
Phantom Old Vine California Zinfandel Blend
California, USA
Sept: always a great month-wedding anniversary, humidity gone, and Bogle releases Phantom. The 04 was served at my wedding. This wine still never fails to impress. Consistently punching above its weight, the newest iteration ('12) is nuanced, toasty and complicated. Lots of smoky tannins take over after a nose that is a healthy mix of floral notes and crushed stone. Tart, jammy, but never in your face dark berry flavors gently coat the tongue. Finish is clean and fruit forward. Buy now. Drink over 7 years. 16 bucks at trader Joe's. In my experience, the wine is gone within a month or less on release.
Sept: always a great month-wedding anniversary, humidity gone, and Bogle releases Phantom. The 04 was served at my wedding. This wine still never fails to impress. Consistently punching above its weight, the newest iteration ('12) is nuanced, toasty and complicated. Lots of smoky tannins take over after a nose that is a healthy mix of floral notes and crushed stone. Tart, jammy, but never in your face dark berry flavors gently coat the tongue. Finish is clean and fruit forward. Buy now. Drink over 7 years. 16 bucks at trader Joe's. In my experience, the wine is gone within a month or less on release.
13 people found it helpfulSep 13th, 2015
Sunamita had this 9 years ago
Sunamita had this 9 years ago
3 people found it helpfulJan 17th, 2016Fruit forward and bold. I enjoyed it with Trader Joes "Unexpected" cheese. Nice compliment to each other.
Fruit forward and bold. I enjoyed it with Trader Joes "Unexpected" cheese. Nice compliment to each other.
3 people found it helpfulNov 2nd, 2014Immediate bold deep fruit and dark cherry with a long finish. 2010 and would be even better decanted. Excellent complex that makes you dig deeper for adjectives!
Immediate bold deep fruit and dark cherry with a long finish. 2010 and would be even better decanted. Excellent complex that makes you dig deeper for adjectives!
2 people found it helpfulJun 20th, 2014
Full bodied wine, very deep red in color. Bold flavors with a long smooth finish.
Full bodied wine, very deep red in color. Bold flavors with a long smooth finish.
1 person found it helpfulOct 26th, 2018
2009 held up nice. 14%+ ABV still evident. Lost a lot of the big bombastic fruit, very light on the tannins. What your left with is powdered baking cocoa dusted with some mocha notes mixed into a silky body. These have been pulled from a stash I’ve been “aging” over the years. Not meant for long term or any aging at all, but I think 5-7 years is the absolute max these could lay down. The intent was to see how that fruit bomb would mellow over time which it does leaving not much else in way of structure. Easy drinking sipping wine is all you have left and for many this might fit the bill. Cheap and fun $20 experiment that demonstrates the different stages of a wine’s life cycle. Caught this one probably just past peak.
2009 held up nice. 14%+ ABV still evident. Lost a lot of the big bombastic fruit, very light on the tannins. What your left with is powdered baking cocoa dusted with some mocha notes mixed into a silky body. These have been pulled from a stash I’ve been “aging” over the years. Not meant for long term or any aging at all, but I think 5-7 years is the absolute max these could lay down. The intent was to see how that fruit bomb would mellow over time which it does leaving not much else in way of structure. Easy drinking sipping wine is all you have left and for many this might fit the bill. Cheap and fun $20 experiment that demonstrates the different stages of a wine’s life cycle. Caught this one probably just past peak.
1 person found it helpfulAug 19th, 2018
Dried fruit, blackberry/boysenberry; hints of mushroom as it opens up after an hour.
Dried fruit, blackberry/boysenberry; hints of mushroom as it opens up after an hour.
1 person found it helpfulApr 4th, 2016