Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

1995 vintage. Nice fill. Cork good. Decanted and tasted immediately, after 15 mins and at the 2 hour mark. Threw less sed than expected. Vibrant color. Medium body. Pencil shavings and chocolate-covered blueberries nose and flavors segued to graphite, cedar closet and the ole L-B mint chocolate chip ice cream standard. Not improving but holding steady here for the next 4-6 years. Good stuff. 11.16.23. — a year ago

Jonathan Wall

9.3

A successful bull in a China closet; Big and powerful with a lot going on… But graceful at the same time. It will likely develop more depth over a few years, though it’s delicious now. — 3 years ago

Adam Beasley

9.4

So strange and unlike anything else. Underripe mango, lemon, honeydew, apple, and kiwi, with kerosene, pine needles, grandma’s closet, and wet concrete. A challenging wine... some people at the table couldn’t get behind it, but I loved it. Wonderful complexity. — 4 years ago

Ed Reynolds

9.2

NYT great reasonable $$$ wine that we’ve had over last year. I love it. Awesome so Karin bought more for our closet. — 2 years ago

Jim Nelson

9.3

Found this hiding in the closet — 2 years ago

with Bloody

David Walser

9.5

Found this buried deep in the closet. I normally wouldn’t keep a PN for 13 years but this one worked out well. Delicious with rack of lamb. And this isn’t their good stuff. — 3 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

Nose has dehydrated cherry, fresh raspberry, slightly smokey oak, old cedar closet, dried strawberry, over wintered mint, dried eucalyptus and dried blackberry.

Palate has delicate cherry + raspberry, semi-dried blueberry, fresh strawberry, cedar sawdust with still notable tannins.

Being hesitant, we only decanted about 20m before dinner, needs much more time in the decanter/glass, as after an hour it's finally starting to show it's worth. — 5 years ago

Ali H

9.5

Bought Dec 2022, $20 Wise Old Dog in West Hartford
Stored in 1st floor bedroom closet ~64F
Nose- Freshly opened: Clean, floral, apples & pares, sage??
Palette- Freshly opened, sweet w/ slight acidity, may have been a touch warm, light-medium body — 2 years ago

Frank L

9.5

Forgot I was saving this in the closet. So delicious - strong and bursting with flavor. — 2 years ago

with Shelly, Peter and 1 other

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.4

One of my all time favorite Zin producers!!! Big strawberry nose, with cedar closet and new leather. Blueberry emerges on the palate. Spherical. Perfect body, tannins. A truly beautiful wine.

94 points — 3 years ago