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Haywood Rocky Terrace Zinfandel 2004

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2004

Avg. Rating: 92.7/100 (3 Reviews)
Winery: Haywood Rocky Terrace Zinfandel
Vintage: 2004
Varietal: Zinfandel
Country: United States
Region: California
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Retail Price: $$$ 30 USD
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Haywood Rocky Terrace Zinfandel 2004
(about 1 year ago) buddy icon mattpan 92.0/100
This was a great wine and I would recommend it. I haven't had many serious zins but this one stands out. COLOR: Very dark; NOSE: Aroma explosion, intense black fruits, black currant, blueberry, blackberry, some spicyness; TASTE: Very smooth and refined, completely integrated, beautiful fruit, some pepper, incredibly smooth finish

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Haywood Rocky Terrace Zinfandel 2004
(9 months ago) buddy icon cliffordjames 92.0/100
ON THE NOSE: Yum. Right off the bat, just after popping, this wine smells delicious. As we’ve said before this says much about a wine, as most high quality wines we buy smell really good just after opening, and usually improve with oxidation . . . Here there is blueberry syrup, sweet and real, not fake, as well as some strawberry and sweet-cherry. A little bit of gun-metal surrounds the fruit aromas, ushering in a complexity that absorbs the senses for a spell. Evident here, too, is fresh, aromatic pipe tobacco from a new glove-leather pouch . . . . . ON THE PALATE: Boy this is good stuff. It has only been half-an-hour but this wine is already elegant and complex. There is fine glove-leather on the attack that rolls out and exposes a beautiful fruit explosion, blended perfectly into that aromatic tobacco that the nose held: blond tobacco, fresh and mild. The tobacco essence creates a beautiful blend of sweet and … well … not sweet, i.e. not sour either. This is not some jammy, over-the-top fruit-bomb, this, oh no! This is elegance with a capital E, and balance with a capital B. There is still some heat here, however, so we really should wait for another hour before digging in any more . . . As this wine lives and breathes it becomes yet more elegant and polished with overtones of unsweetened cacao bits, hints of mocha, and an acidity that reminds one of rhubarb. This is not an overly sweet Zinfandel, and that can be a good thing. The tannic structure is beautifully wed to the tart acidity, which wasn’t as present earlier, and the finish lingers long past what one might expect, with cherries, gun-metal and cough syrup. This wine is odd, but very good. Its oddity lies in the unexpected acidity and lack of sweetness on the palate. It is a very well-made wine that leaves a nice pucker in the mouth, but perhaps just a little too sour after all is said and done; the mid-palate and throat do, however, get used to this acerbic quality after a while, so do drink up! Even with the unexpected acidity, this is a clear 92-point contender of which we were not at all unhappy to partake . . . At $30 it is not the cheapest bottle of vino, but its structure, elegance, and relative balance make us wonder why it wasn’t in the $50 range. Finding and tasting a wine like this keeps us interested and enthused, particularly while so much expensive generic crap abounds. This wine will never have to apologize for its price-tag, and THAT is something that we feel cannot be said for many wines out there today, especially those from California. A grown-up Zin with at an honest price-point. We’ll take it anyday!

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Haywood Rocky Terrace Zinfandel 2004
(9 months ago) buddy icon east3rd 94.0/100
Wow. Best zin I've had, hands down. Silky smooth on the palate, despite the 14.5% alcohol. Tasted blueberry, blackberry, and vanilla pudding.

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