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Bonny Doon
2000 Cardinal Zin "Beastly Old Vines"

Appellation: Sacramento Delta Area, CA

Review Date : 2002-06-21

Winebork Rating = 89

Tasting Notes

The 2000 Cardinal Zin is 77% Zinfandel, mostly centenary vines from Contra Costa County with a little scosh of old vine fruit from Mendocino, and 23% Carignane. This Carignane comes from 100+ year old vines in Contra Costa and is the same fruit as their 2000 Carignane Old vines bottling. It has a superb nose with cherry, spice, pepper, and oak. Lots going on here with flavors of plum and oak and mild tannin. Fun on the tongue; this wine rocks.

Wine Type:

Zinfandel

Varietals:

77% Zinfandel, 23% Carignane

Price (time of purchase):

$17.99

Price/performance:

A-

Alcohol:

13.5%

Availability:

Gene's Fine Foods; Saratoga, CA

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Average Visitors' Rating:

82 (2 visitors rated this wine. See comments below)

Reviewed by:

AS

Winebork Rating:

89

User Comments follow

2004--0-5-: keelaay rates this wine 86
Bought a case of this wine and, even being a big Bonny Doon and Zin fan, ended up using it for host/hostess gifts. The Zin is fine and the label is lots of fun, but to my taste has a steely edge and is bit shallow -- misses the berries and pepper of the top Zins.
2005--1-2-: jm rates this wine 78
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