Tried these two last night:
1. Adelaida Zin PasoRobles (14.6%) SanMiguel 1988: Med.color w/ some browning; strong blackberry/jammy/Smucker's jam bit toasty/oak/smokey light herbal/garrigue/rosemary rather cedary/pencilly/oldZin rather complex nose; soft bit metallic/tangy very ripe/PR jammy/Smucker's/blackberry/Zin rather cedary/pencilly/old Zin light smokey/oak complex flavor w/ light tangy/drying tannins; very long soft rather tangy/metallic/drying very ripe/jammy/blackberry/Zin some cedary/pencilly/old Zin complex finish w/ light drying tannins; still plenty of ripe jammy PasoRobles fruit but clearly on the downside; still offers up some pleasure.
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2. Ravenswood Zin OldHillRanch/SonomaVlly (LmtdEdition; Picked: Sept 3; Bttld: July 3/1990; Vine age: 97 yrs; 392 cs; TA: 0.8 gm/100ml; 13.5%) Sonoma 1988: Dark color w/ slight bricking; strong blackberry/Zin/brambly light toasty/Fr.oak fairly dusty/OV quite complex oldZin nose; bit tart slight drying/astringent/metallic some spicy/blackberry/Zin/raspberry some earthy/dusty/OV light toasty/Fr.oak complex flavor w/ light smooth tannins; very long slight tart bit tangy/metallic some brambly/blackberry/Zin/spicy light toasty/oak some dusty/OV complex finish w/ light gentle tannins; a lovely spicy oldZin nose w/ plenty of fruit; a quiet little old lady in the twilight of her yrs; still a pleasure to drink & its pedigree comes thru loud & clear. $16.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Cracked open another case of old Zins last night. Down the drain went LambornFamily '88/Sky '86/Franus '87. The xtra btls made their way into the Wine Streets of SantaFe box. These two were pleasant enough that I took TN's. The xtras of these two went into the Susan's Box. Her standards for old wines are quite a bit lower than mine.
Tom