Storybook Mountain, Estate Reserve Zinfandel, Napa Valley

Storybook Mountain · California › Napa Valley › United States of America

Red · Zinfandel
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LWIN 1759912
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91 /100
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8
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Taster #5860 · Jun 3, 2023
91/100
Very smooth and balanced after 10 years
2013 vintage
Taster #2302 · Apr 22, 2023
93/100
Still drinking beautifully at almost 10 years.
2013 vintage
Taster #2894 · Nov 5, 2022
91/100
Wow! Not at all what I expected it of a Napa wine (particularly a Zin). Refined, balanced, subtle... not jammy, not overpowering. Drinks like a European wine.
2013 vintage
Taster #0767 · Feb 3, 2022
91/100
Aged Zinfandel is kind of like little Caesars pizza it is still pizza but you ain’t really happy. Well this is the exception. This is like Lombardi’s snuck into the local Little Ceasers and made your pizza. Rich, fresh, fruity, this wine is delicious. Black fruit, spice, herby just really delightful to drink. I love zin when it is young, but cringe when I find a hanger on in my cellar that I wasn’t aware of. Well finally this one …
2013 vintage
Taster #0783 · Aug 7, 2019
88/100
A Night of Aged California Zins (Dino's Grotto - Washington, DC) : Pepper and plums on the nose. Fresh, zesty, dusty tannins. Seems to show quite a bit of life left here with red plums and raspberries, and notes of pepper, soy and leaves. Impressive complexity on this refined, aged wine.
1990 vintage
Taster #2477 · Feb 8, 2019
Smooth, fruit forward and not a strong tannin finish Very drinkable and not flavors normally associated with Zin
2013 vintage
Taster #1912 · Jan 24, 2007
87/100
Fading. I got a little dusty flavor, a modicum of fruit, but nice texture. A bit too much earth for my tastes, yet it retained some complexity and elegance. Not bad.
1990 vintage
Taster #3386 · Mar 2, 2006
Over the hill. Not madeirized but little fruit left, nose and palate dominated by dusty wood, like cedar but not quite, and drying through midpalate and finish.
1990 vintage
Taster #3989 · Oct 1, 2005
92/100
Okay, I have to admit, this is the first aged Zinfandel that I have liked. Really fine, with loads of raspberries and minerals. Some bricking at the rim. The texture is like parchment: at once smooth but yet the tannins leave an impression like the feel of animal skin from the still-present tannin. Some tar and leather are there as well. Elegant (beyond the tannin). A new personal appreciation for Zinfandel.
1990 vintage
Taster #5533 · Aug 21, 2005
91/100
ORANGE ON THE EDGE, CHERRIES AND CHOCOLATE IN THE NOSE TURNED INTO BERRIES AND SPICE. FLAVOR LIKE THE NOSE. MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.
1990 vintage