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WTN: A PetNat & A Zin...(short/boring)

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WTN: A PetNat & A Zin...(short/boring)

by TomHill » Wed Jul 05, 2023 2:05 pm

Tried these two last night:
1. Melanthia White Semi-Sparkling Wine Black Muscat of Tyrnavos (10.5%; EklektikonImprts/Wilmington/DE) Papras Wnry/Tyrnavos/Greece 2022: Med.light amber color w/ tons of tiny bubbles that foam up when poured; slight muscatty/black muscat rather earthy slight funky/natty/bretty bit pungent/ozone unattractive nose; rather fizzy bit off-dry fairly earthy/rustic slight muscatty/floral/black muscat slight natty/funky little fruit flavor; fairly fizzy slight muscatty/floral bit rustic/earthy slight natty/funky finish; not a very attractive pet-nat & a bit unclean/funky/bretty; you do pick up a bit of the black muscat character. $26.00 (KK)
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2. Radio-Coteau Zin Lemorel SonomaCoast/SonomaCnty (14.8%; U/U; EG) EricSussman/Radio-Coteau/Sebastapol 2014: Med.dark color w/ some bricking; some peppery/black-pepper/c-c bit Zin/spicy/blackberry quite spicy fairly dusty/OV light cedary/pencilly/oldZin rather complex lovely fully mature nose; lightly tart/tangy quite dusty/OV fairly strong blackberry/Zin/spicy bit alcoholic some toasty/oak bit cedary/pencilly/oldZin bit dried out complex flavor w/ light smooth tannins; very long strong peppery/c-c/blackberry/Zin/fairly spicy some cedary/pencilly/old Zin some complex finish w/ light tannins; probably fully mature & then a bit beyond; showing some cedary/pencilly/oldZin & a bit tired/dried out on te palate; still quite an interesting old Zin but headed downhill.
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More geigerclic from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. This is the 2'nd natural/skin-contact wine I've tried from PaprasWnry. Both have been nor very good & a bit too bretty/natty in character. Probably won't bother trying them again.
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2. R-C: This is an old Zin vnyd out on OccidentalRd East of Sebastapol, not far from the ancient vonWeidlich Vnyd. This was a terrifiz c-c Zin in its youth, but its youth is fading away.
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Re: WTN: A PetNat & A Zin...(short/boring)

by David M. Bueker » Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:34 pm

There is no reason a 2014 Zin from a competent producer should be heading downhill.
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