3/2/2024 - Rieslingfan wrote:

There's a dish I make every once in a while of braised pork shoulder with hoisin sauce, garlic, chilies and dried cherries. With sauce slathered on the pork it's a really difficult food match, but the pork itself is perfect with Zinfandel. There's enough flavor infused into the pork, but it doesn't have the significant sweetness that the sauce adds to the dish. So to go along with the pork I opened this, and it was essentially a perfect match. The fresh acidity in the Zin played off the richness of the pork, and the brambly, red fruit notes were a fine accompaniment to the flavors of the food - even if a bit of sauce got involved! On its own the wine is fantastic, and similar to the Once & Future editions from this vineyard. It's more transparent than the Bedrock versions (at least young), and for that reason I prefer it.

1/24/2023 - Skiffpoint Likes this wine:

This wine is far better than the sub-90 rating would imply to the unsuspecting user of CellarTracker. Fully 1/4 of the 28 ratings to date are by two users, who rate the wine 89 or below but fail to give any reason for their ratings. In my opinion, this Old Vines Zinfandel is very smooth and has great flavor; the bottle went all too quickly!

10/4/2021 - Elkcims Likes this wine:

Slow Ox 3 hours at 60*. Medium to full bodied, black cherry, blackberry. Nowadays, a real value for $95. Soft tannins, smooth finish, lots of residual skin but didn't need to filter.

5/19/2018 - csimm wrote:

TRB wines (SF): Lemon liqueur, yellow pear, glycol, and lamp oil. Some faint lemon verbena and grass on the back end, but mostly hits of lemon and alcohol. A furry/pithy aftertaste made for an abrupt finish. Even with the good QPR, this wine isn't the friendliest or most quaffable of Chardonnays. It's ok, but pretty wonky overall. Previous vintages of this wine have performed much better. Hold for another year...I guess...

1/29/2018 - TimboSlice wrote:

First bottle of RM Chardonnay and was pleased with the experience.

The wine is gold and medium bodied, no sediment or haziness.

The smell is beautiful - almost like the filling of an almond croissant! Also getting some lemon curd and fresh cream. Very aromatic.

On the palate, it is more steely and crisp than expected, but with an undeniable rich roundness that makes for a lasting finish. Creamy tropical fruit and lemon curd, with some marzipan throughout.

Overall a strong impression and compels me to max out my allocation in the upcoming 2016 release! Need to delve into the SVDs and get some Theriot and Bearwallow as well.