Storybook Mountain Vineyards Estate Reserve Zinfandel 2005

Connoisseurs Guide to Wine 95
"In more vintages than not, this bottling has turned out to be our favorite from Storybook Mountain. And here again, it is a ripe, generous, yet impeccably balanced wine whose keen blackberry fruit in nose and mouth comes with a mix of intensity and youthful restraint that promises more and better as the wine ages. Fullness plays off against firming acids, and tannin crops up in the late going, and so much about this lovely wine calls for a bit of patience that we would caution against early drinking lest you miss the best it will have to offer."

Wine & Spirits
""Irresistible ... aromas pile up in a heady rush of roses, wildflowers, crushed rock and black pepper. The dark, glass-coating pomegranate color shows off its power..."

"Elegant, fragrant, balanced Zin with aromas of blueberries, black cherries, minerals and flowers. The rich dark fruit swirl in on the tongue and ends with a silky, concentrated texture." ~Winery notes