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Zin Dinner 2/1/03
Last Post 02-05-2003 02:39 AM byLee Ann. 7 Replies.
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TCK 

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02-04-2003 03:33 AM  
If no one else plans on starting this topic then I will.

I will start by thanking the Jazins, they are wonderful people! This night was so much fun.

The night feature a wonderful meal and 11 fabulouse Zins, not to mention three sweeties to finish off the night.

Here are the wines and my ratings. I will post notes as the days pass. (th

1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin 92pts
2000 Turley Juvenile 87pts
2000 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley 84pts
2000 Poggio Il Pino La Corte 84pts
1999 Hartford Court Dina's Vineyard 88pts
2000 Neyers Tofanelli 91pts
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock Napa 83pts
1999 A. Rafanelli, Dry Creek Sonoma 87pts
1999 Caymus 87pts
2000 Martinelli G & L 92pts
2000 Martinelli Jackass 94pts
2000 Renwood Zin Ice wine -no score-
2000 Mann Gewurtztraimer Grand Cru Furstentum V.V. 94pts
NV Buller Premium Fine Muscat, Australia 94pts

All wines were tasted blind except for the dessert wines. I sat next to Board-O (lucky me ) we rated all of these wines within one point of each other except for the Caymus - he gave it an 89 and the dessert wines which he was un impressed with. I believe Ojeffso was a big fan of the Buller, I personally loved the Mann that showed off pear flavors with a sweet dose of pink grapefruit in the mouth. I hope this is a good overview and hopefully others will post their scores here.

TCK

ChangeMe 

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02-04-2003 03:44 AM  
I hope the Zins ruined my palate for the sweet wines, because I have 11 bottles left of the Mann and a dozen bottles of the Buller arriving this week.
love_cab_chard 

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02-04-2003 03:49 AM  
1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin 93pts
2000 Turley Juvenile 87pts
2000 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley: May be a bad bottle. Otherwise, below 80pts.
2000 Poggio Il Pino La Corte 86pts
1999 Hartford Court Dina's Vineyard 88pts
2000 Neyers Tofanelli 90pts
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock Napa 85pts
1999 A. Rafanelli, Dry Creek Sonoma 87pts
1999 Caymus 90pts: very surprised
2000 Martinelli G & L 94pts
2000 Martinelli Jackass 93pts
2000 Mann Gewurtztraimer Grand Cru Furstentum V.V. 91pts
NV Buller Premium Fine Muscat, Australia 94+pts (needs time to age. Very young).
Blair Ridley 

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02-04-2003 04:11 AM  
1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin - 91pts
2000 Turley Juvenile - 85pts
2000 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley - No Score
2000 Poggio Il Pino La Corte - 87/88pts
1999 Hartford Court Dina's Vineyard - 86pts
2000 Neyers Tofanelli 86/87pts
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock Napa 84pts
1999 A. Rafanelli, Dry Creek Sonoma 87pts
1999 Caymus - 91/92pts (my WOTN)
2000 Martinelli G & L - No Score
2000 Martinelli Jackass - 86pts

I was not a fan of any of the dessert wines except for the sweet Buller. Very rich wine, but quite delectable.

In all honesty, the two Martinellis suffered being at the end of the tasting. I'll bet I would enjoy them if I were to drink them on their own.

My palate was absolutely wrecked by the first 9 wines (and I'm not a huge Zin fan to begin with). The Martinellis were so sweet and syrupy that they were simply too much.
Bradley Molzen 
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Bayonne, NJ

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02-04-2003 04:54 AM  
An Article has actually been written about the event. It'll be posted Tuesday.

1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin - 91pts
2000 Turley Juvenile - 92pts
2000 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley - 83
2000 Poggio Il Pino La Corte - 86
1999 Hartford Court Dina's Vineyard - 90
2000 Neyers Tofanelli 92
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock Napa 80 or below.
1999 A. Rafanelli, Dry Creek Sonoma 90
1999 Caymus - 91
2000 Martinelli G & L - 95 (WOTN)
2000 Martinelli Jackass - No Score. Way to different.... seemed so "late harvest" to me. Super super sweet.
If you drink wine, you get smarter....
Joseph Bembry 

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02-04-2003 12:55 PM  
1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin 89 pts.
2000 Turley Juvenile 91 pts.
2000 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley 85 pts.
2000 Poggio Il Pino La Corte 89 pts.
1999 Hartford Court Dina's Vineyard 92 pts.
2000 Neyers Tofanelli 84 pts.
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock Napa 88 pts.
1999 A. Rafanelli, Dry Creek Sonoma 93 pts.
1999 Caymus 89 pts.
2000 Martinelli G & L - 95 (WOTN)
2000 Martinelli Jackass - 86 pts. Very disappointing

jb
ttepper 

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02-04-2003 02:05 PM  
1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin 89 pts.
2000 Turley Juvenile 87 pts.
2000 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley 86 pts.
2000 Poggio Il Pino La Corte 86 pts.
1999 Hartford Court Dina's Vineyard 88 pts.
2000 Neyers Tofanelli 90 pts.
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock Napa NR
1999 A. Rafanelli, Dry Creek Sonoma 90 pts.
1999 Caymus 89 pts.
2000 Martinelli G & L - 91pts.
2000 Martinelli Jackass - 93 pts. WOTN
Lee Ann 

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02-05-2003 02:39 AM  
Look under Events off of the home page for a summary of the event w/winery and/or Parker tasting notes, just posted tonight.
Under VinoCellar events just posted a summary of the overall votes for wines of the night... we just found our previously thought lost notes in Mr.Jazin's Jetta.
The Jazins ratings:
1999 T Vine Brown Estate Zin- 92 pts
2000 Turley Juvenile- 90 pts
2000 Ridge Lytton- 87 pts
2000 Poggio Il Corte- 890 pts
1999 Hartford Dinas- 90 pts
2000 Neyers Tofanelli- 88 pts
1997 Behrens and Hitchcock- No Rating-we had the bad bottle... disappointed, as we are huge B&H fans and have had this wine and it should have been great.
1999 Rafanelli Dry Creek- 92 pts
1999 Caymus- 91-92 pts
2000 Martinelli Guiseppe and Luisa- 93-94 pts
2000 Martinelli Jackass- 94 pts
Wow- what a list!


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