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Reserve
2000 Zinfandel
Winemaker Notes
"This wine shows a fragrant rose petal and violet floral nose.
The fruit is very forward with notes of raspberry liqueur and black
currant. On the palate, this wine suggests sweet cherries, vanilla spice
and liquorice. The well-integrated French and American oak provides
a subtle toast with an elegant chocolate finish."
- Cécile Lemerle-Derbes, Winemaker
2000 Zinfandel Technical Notes
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| Harvest Dates: August 30 to September 26,
2000
Average Degree Brix: 25.8
Bottling Date: January 2002
Release Date: April, 2002
Blend: 98% Estate Zinfandel, 2% Estate Petite
Sirah
pH at Bottling: 3.52
TA: 0.65 g/ml
Alcohol: 14.5%
Aging: 15 months in barrel 33% in new oak, French
& American Fermentation: Closed top, aeratively pumped over.
Racked: 4 times previous to bottling.
Total Cases: 1,500
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Accolades
for our 2000 Zinfandel |
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'A highly distinctive wine likely to be memorable'
Agreeable from start to finish for its raspberry, cappuccino
and vanilla aromas and flavors, this ripe, fairly concentrated,
nicely fruity wine is broad and open on the palate with a nice fleshy
texture and a firming edge of tannins for balance. Hints of spice
and berry jam fill out the finish and contribute both richness and
complexity. Certain to age famously for three to six years, but
needing none of that to shine, this is one to reserve.
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Connoisseurs' Guide, October 2002 |
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Top 100 Wines - San Francisco Chronicle
2002
Dense purple Zin, with lovely, jammy black fruit nose;
full-bodied berry flavors, hints of pepper and spice. |
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87 points Concentrated and well-proportioned,
and quite reliant on toasty oak for flavor, it nonethless packs
in plenty of ripe strawberry, dried raspberry, spice and floral
flavors. Ripe, firm tannins and nicely integrated toasty oak fold
into the finish. Drink now through 2006. 1,500 cases made.
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Wine Spectator, September 2002 |
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One of the vintage's most impressive wines, this dense
purple-colored Zinfandel exhibits a glorious nose of jammy black
fruits, pepper, and spice. Full-bodied, with sufficient fruit, glycerin,
and extract to back up the lavish quantities of toasty new oak,
this is a lush, plump, rich wine that cascades over the palate with
no hard edges.
- Cannery Wine Cellars, San Francisco,
July 2002 |
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Complex and intensely flavored, in a full, ripe style. The wine
has spicy, berry-like character, with evident oakiness on the finish.
- Restaurant Wine, July 2002 |
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Barry and Susan Collier's hillside vineyard in the
northwest corner of Sonoma's Dry Creek Valley is beginning to unveil
its promise. The aromas of raspberry liqueur and black currants
alone are worth the price of admission. Just wait till you taste
it!
- Wally's, Los Angeles, November 2002 |
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Medium to medium-dark ruby; pleasant, floral, spicy,
fragrant raspberry and blackberry fruit aroma with notes of coffee
and vanilla; medium-full body; big, forward, rich, chunky, chocolatey,
mouth filling, ripe berry fruit flavors; full tannin; somewhat harsh
on the finish; lingering aftertaste. Highly recommended.
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California Grapevine, July 2002 |
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Lively, with jammy blackberry and raspberry flavors. Round and full.
Notes of roasty oak, vanilla and sandalwood.
- Santa
Rosa Press Democrat, May 2002 |
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Most zin wineries tend to specialize in a particular
region. My favorite zins come from Sonoma's Dry Creek valley. Still
home to quite a few 80-plus-year-old vines, the Dry Creekers show
crisp, raspberry flavors, elegantly wrapped in dusty cocoa. Best
of the best: Collier Falls
- Wine Adviser, Seattle
Times, July 2002 |
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The juicy flavors of raspberry concentrate provide
enough oomph to make this wine deliciously satisfying, without going
over the top. It is chock full of mouth-watering Zinny flavors,
with no harshness at all.
- The Wine Country, Signal
Hill CA, August 2002 |
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The 2000 Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley, contains 2%
petite sirah and was aged for 15 months in French and American oak,
33% new. It shows sweet cranberry, grape jelly, and sweet curants
as both aromas and flavors. Some pepper and licorice are added at
the back of the palate plus very light tannins and the wine finishes
medium-broad and medium-long. The fruit is incredibly sweet which
makes this a unique Zinfandel.
- Colorado Wine News,
September 2002 |
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