WTN: Three Older Zins...(short/boring)

Tried these three older Zins last week:
1. Carlisle Zin GumTreeRanch RRV (15.7%; + PetiteSirah/AlicanteBouschet; 125 cs) SantaRosa 2000: Very dark/near black color w/ slight bricking; very interesting/complex strong boysenberry/ripe/Zin/spicy strong minty/eucalyptus some toasty/oak nose; fairly tart/tangy very strong eucalyptus/minty intense boysenberry/blackberry/ripe Zin/slight peppery strong Fr.oak/toasty complex flavor w/ light tangy tannins; very long/lingering intense minty/eucalyptus very strong boysenberry/ripe/Zin/bit spicy complex finish w/ light tannins; still in very good shape w/ no signs of going round the bend.
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2. Renwood Zin Fiddletown OldVine Eschen Vnyd (15%; 82 yr old vines; #2251 of 199 cs) ScottHarvey/Plymouth 1992: Soft/saturated very spongey cork that crumbles into smitherings; med. rather borwning color; rather musty/tired some alcoholic/late hrvsty earthy strong vanilla/oak rather old/tired nose w/ no fruit; soft very slight blackberry/Zin/late hrvsty fairly alcoholic/fumey strong vanilla/Am.oak pretty tired/cedary/pencilly/oldRed flavor w/ light tannins; still speaks a bit of Eschen Zin but pretty much dead & gone.
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3. TobinJames SolarFlair Zin LateHrvst PasoRobles (15.5%) 1990: Med.light quite browning color; very alcoholic/fumey quite raisened/pruney/overripe strong Am.oak slight boysenberry/Zin/very ripe some earthy/herbal/vegetal bit complex some intereting late hrvsty nose; soft quite sweet very raisened/pruney strongboysenberry/Zin/jammy/overripe/chocolaty rather vanilla/Am.oak classic PR/late hrvsty flavor w/ light tannins; actually rather interesting for that genre & not as old as I expected but not really enjoyable.
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More tobyslark from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Carlisle: The GumTree Zin was surrounded by eucalyptus trees that gave it that distinctive character it always showed. It was an old-vine vnyd that I believe was ripped to put in housing. This wine was a classic GumTree and in wonderful shape.
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2. The Chet Eschen vnyd in Fiddletown was a legendary old-vine Zin vnyd that produced many great wines from CarnerosCreek & Ridge wineries. It still exists & goes by the name of the Rinaldi Vnyd. I believe Bill Easton gets some of those grapes.
Tom

[Jenise]

So last night at a wine dinner we got to talking with a gal at the next table. I knew she had lived in Santa Fe but in this case she mentioned that her husband had been a rocket scientist at Los Alamos. So I lobbed what I thought was a long shot and mentioned your name. Nancy Hall sound familiar, and a wine called La Bomba?

So last night at a wine dinner we got to talking with a gal at the next table. I knew she had lived in Santa Fe but in this case she mentioned that her husband had been a rocket scientist at Los Alamos. So I lobbed what I thought was a long shot and mentioned your name. Nancy Hall sound familiar, and a wine called La Bomba?

Yup, Jenise....of course I know Nancy Hall. Haven't seen her for quite some time. Don't recall her husband, though. I believe
I met Nancy when she was involved w/ the LosAlamos PublicSchools Foundation.
La Bomba was a wine made by a close friend of mine, John Balagna, in celebration of the Lab's 50'th anniversary. It had a
picture of the Trinity Shot mushroom cloud on the label. The wine was not very good & expired yrs ago.
I seem to recall that Nancy was a member of the Sen.Pete Domenici family.
Small world.
Tom

[Jenise]

So last night at a wine dinner we got to talking with a gal at the next table. I knew she had lived in Santa Fe but in this case she mentioned that her husband had been a rocket scientist at Los Alamos. So I lobbed what I thought was a long shot and mentioned your name. Nancy Hall sound familiar, and a wine called La Bomba?

Yup, Jenise....of course I know Nancy Hall. Haven't seen her for quite some time. Don't recall her husband, though. I believe
I met Nancy when she was involved w/ the LosAlamos PublicSchools Foundation.
La Bomba was a wine made by a close friend of mine, John Balagna, in celebration of the Lab's 50'th anniversary. It had a
picture of the Trinity Shot mushroom cloud on the label. The wine was not very good & expired yrs ago.
I seem to recall that Nancy was a member of the Sen.Pete Domenici family.
Small world. Tom

I believe she lost that husband, remarried, and is now widowed again and living in my neck of the woods. Name is Nancy Boat, and she follows my local Facebook page called Birch Bay Wine & Food Enthusiasts. It's mostly about connecting locals with local restaurants and events in lieu of newspapers which no one takes anymore.

So last night at a wine dinner we got to talking with a gal at the next table. I knew she had lived in Santa Fe but in this case she mentioned that her husband had been a rocket scientist at Los Alamos. So I lobbed what I thought was a long shot and mentioned your name. Nancy Hall sound familiar, and a wine called La Bomba?

Yup, Jenise....of course I know Nancy Hall. Haven't seen her for quite some time. Don't recall her husband, though. I believe
I met Nancy when she was involved w/ the LosAlamos PublicSchools Foundation.
La Bomba was a wine made by a close friend of mine, John Balagna, in celebration of the Lab's 50'th anniversary. It had a
picture of the Trinity Shot mushroom cloud on the label. The wine was not very good & expired yrs ago.
I seem to recall that Nancy was a member of the Sen.Pete Domenici family.
Small world. Tom

I believe she lost that husband, remarried, and is now widowed again and living in my neck of the woods. Name is Nancy Boat, and she follows my local Facebook page called Birch Bay Wine & Food Enthusiasts. It's mostly about connecting locals with local restaurants and events in lieu of newspapers which no one takes anymore.

Jeez, Jenise... small World. If she's the one, she had two sons... Greg and Sean. My daughter was close friends/dated Sean here in high school.
Tom

So, Jenise... are you the one who once lived in SantaFe afore moving up to WashState and we once did a wine handoff at the US Post Office in Pojoaque?? I keep thinking I know you from somewhere else than WLDG.
Tom

[Jenise]

Nope, never lived there. But travelled thru once upon a time and had dinner.