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• 2018 Seghesio Family Vineyards Zinfandel Cortina

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  5/9/2024 - pmarlo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Opened this either Saturday or Sunday. Today fruity and some sting also. At 15.2% alcohol. Dark ruby in color almost glowing, very pretty in glass. Although some sting ha not detracted from wine. Keep reaching for next glass. Finish maybe ten seconds. Somehow flavor profile closer to raspberry. But very slight there, as other flavor going on. Fruit still hanging on at day four, but was best maybe day two. A zin that doesn't quite taste like a zin. Legs sort if erratic, as they don't start right away, but close to 45 seconds they suddenly show up and creep slowly down. Funny how there's a delay.
  I am coming to appreciate the diversity of this grape, the sometimes really old nature of the zinfandel vine, and the vintners approach. Find myself returning again and again to Cortina, one of my favorites from Seghesio, a great producer. Would buy again without second thought. Some might not agree, but put in same class as Carlisle and Martinelli. Ready now but might age another three years.

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• 2013 Long Shadows Wineries Cabernet Sauvignon Feather

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  4/26/2024 - pmarlo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Thin cork, and not a good pop. Deep purple and sediment on cork, which, although thin, was intact. Just realized Randy Dunn of Dunn Vineyards in California was involved. Fruit is restrained and sense it is holding back. After hour in glass, fruit came forward, felt youthful. Nice acidity makes this feel vibrant. Sealed with vacuum for next day.
  Now 4/30/24, and the fruit was best at the end of day 1, and on day 2 was very nice. And still here today, although with a !little sting from alcohol, rated at 14.8%. The color of this wine is beautiful and deep, almost vibrant. A slight bitter finish, and drying tannins that still need time. This is a better than average Washington wine that has some substance from what I attribute the vineyard soil. Doesn't feel like in came from the barrel. Last glass has sediment that looks like skins. I would buy this again and drink it at ten years, maybe more. I think it needed at least five more years aging for the fruit to be present within first day instead of day 2. Recommended.

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• 2018 Bodegas y Viñedos Castro Ventosa Mencía Bierzo El Castro de Valtuille Joven

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  4/20/2024 - pmarlo Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Had a lot of bright red fruit, like cherry or raspberry. Brightness not from acidity but fruit. Was an easy drinker, a decent choice for the price. Not complex but just okay, and not sure I would try again. The high toned fruit is what I remember most. Maybe that is the way Mencia grape just is. It has 13.5% alcohol and is a Joven, which explains the bright and fresh profile. Odd that I'm neither for or against this wine. Ready now.

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