WTN: StorybookMtn Zin Estate '83...(short/boring)

Tried this last night:
1. StorybookMtnVnyds Zin NapaVlly (EG; 13.5%) 1983: Dark color w/ slight bricking; rather cedary/pencilly/old Zin/oak/pungent fairly spicy/raspberry/Zin bit peppery/smokey complex nose; rather tart/lean/bit dried out some raspberry/Zin/blackberry some cedary/pencilly/oak bit peppery/dusty complex flavor w/ light/astringent/dried-out tannins; very long quite spicy/peppery/cedary/pencilly/oak/old Zin light earthy/raspberry/Zin complex finish w/ some dried-out tannins; starting to dry out but still has raspberry/Zin fruit & still alive & still offers up some pleasure. $9.30
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A wee BP:
1. Followed JerrySeps Zins from the very start. His Zins have always been paragons of restraint and the alcohol levels have never risen to the levels of many. Because of their balance, I find that they age quite nicely, as this '83 has done.
Tom

This was one of the first wineries that I visited in Napa, back in '95. I had just started drinking wine and did not have a clue. Didn't know what I liked, what I should like, or what that would even taste like. But Jerry (and his two Irish wolf hounds, if I remember correctly, they were big) was very patient with me, but that was no help. You have start somewhere and his was a good place to start. I recently tasted his wines at a conference and met him again. Real classy gentleman.