1997 Grgich Hills
Sonoma County Zinfandel
Score: 93.0
"Consistently fine, Grgich makes one of the best Zins year after year. The '97 has intense berry fruit with good depth, some cinnamon-like spice and dark chocolate notes, and a lengthy finish."
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1997 Geyser Peak Winemakers Selection
Galleanos DAmbrogio Vineyard Cucamonga Valley Zinfandel
Score: 96.0
"A spectacular old vine Zinfandel from southern California. Huge but balanced, super concentrated raspberry, blueberry and allspice flavors, with a neverending finish. A wonderful sipping wine to enjoy all by itself."
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1997 Fetzer Vineyards Home Ranch
California Zinfandel
Score: 86.0
"Spicy raspberry with a hint of hazelnuts in the background, smooth tannin and a spice and fruit finish of considerable length. Beautifully balanced for pairing with such foods as chile, grilled eats and vegetables, and pizza. "
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1997 Dry Creek Vineyard Old Vines
Sonoma County Zinfandel
Score: 95.0
"The first sniff of this wonderful wine drew a lascivious chuckle-its so seductive you feel like youre getting away with something zinful. So absolutely aromatic it fills your senses. The blueberry-raspberry jam and nutmeg on the mid-palate combines with dark bittersweet chocolate notes through the fiinish. The tannin is integrated enough to allow for current consumption, yet gives the wine sufficient structure to age over the next decade. Very, very Special. "
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1998 Cosentino The Zin
California [zinfandel]
Score: 89.0
"A full-bodied, velvet textured wine with an aromatic nose of cracked black peppercorns, cinnamon and blueberry jam. So ripe it seems sweet. So intense that it will overpower most food. Rather like a port, where this wine really excells is as an accompanyment to strong cheeses, and bittersweet chocolate. "
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1997 Dry Creek Vineyard Heritage Clone
Sonoma County Zinfandel
Score: 88.0
"A most unusual Zinfandel which brings to mind charbroiled beef and sweet plum compote, and allspice notes in the finish. A big, concentrated, angular wine with light tannin, it favors current drinking but will hold for 5 to 8 years or more. "
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1997 KENWOOD OLD VINE
LODI ZINFANDEL
Score: 91.0
"A powerful late harvest style with rich, concentrated flavors of loganberry jam, chocolate and cinnamon; full-bodied on the mid-palate, with a sustained, intensely fruity finish."
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1997 Robert Mondavi Winery
Napa Valley Zinfandel
Score: 94.0
"Intense, expansive spicy berry fruit with layers of dark chocolate and toast. Huge late harvest style with 15% alcohol, its still very well-balanced and reminiscent of Amarone. Serve with strong cheese, lamb or venison."
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