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Forchini Vineyards 'Old Vine' Dry Creek Valley 2007

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Varietals:
Zinfandel , Petite Sirah , Carignane , Cabernet Franc
Region:
USA > California > Sonoma County > Dry Creek Valley
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2015
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User Tags:  spices, nose, fruit, earthy, chemical, mouthful, resinous, spicy, alcoholic, dried 


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Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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7,117

Deep, earthy, brownie, a touch malty with dusty earth and rosebush accents to the liquory, orange oil accented raspberry fruit. There’s even a small floral element at play here. Seamless, a touch soft perhaps but this really has a bit of elegance in the mouth with those same orange oil and floral nuances contributing some depth to the black raspberry fruit in the mouth. Really hold its alcohol well though the finish is a bit short. 89pts


September 2009

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Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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This smells dark, rich and spicy with a smoky, briary top note over the slightly gamy boysenberry fruit. Bright and chewy in the mouth with a slinky, silky feel. Lovely balance and texture to this wine with an earthy core of boysenberry and wild blackberry fruit that leads to a spicy, earthy, slightly licorice tinged finish that features a return of the sweet/sour elements of the fruit with a peppery finale. 92pts


September 2009

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Unfiltered and unfined. Alcohol 14.6%


September 2009

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Snooth User: mark
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Pungent black pepper and olive aromas. Full bodied, with rough tannins and a spiky, drying mouthfeel. The black pepper nose is my favorite part of this one.


August 2009

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Snooth User: Philip
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Rich nose of plums and tobacco. Very fruity, with a silky feel. Finishes on licorice and menthol notes. Very rich and robust, a solid meaty zin


August 2009

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Snooth User: solomania9
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Sweet red liquorish and plums on the nose. Big and drying in the mouth, with a candied, slightly lemony finish. Very solid.


August 2009

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The Zinfandel comes from the Price Family Vineyard off Lytton Springs Road and the Kaiser Vineyard on West Dry Creek Road. If this one was a movie the critics would be raving-One sip and you'll be singing it's praises, too.


September 2009

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17 months in the barrel. We made about 200 cases. Great with food or without....you're the decider.


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