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2005 Crystal Valley Cellars - Zinfandel
Dark chocolate as a wine (10)
Rosenblum Cellars - Zinfandel
Stepping my Zin game up some, and this has some heavy chocolate underpinnings (9)
2006 Rosenblum Cellars - Zinfandel
Decadent exuberance (9)
2006 Estancia - Zinfandel
Weirdly juicy and fruity, while oddly dry, but with a cool label (9)
Ramon Bilboa - Volteo
Blackberries, vanilla and oak (9)
Rosenblum Cellars - Vintner's Cuvee
Nice and smooth with almost a little cocoa on the back end (9)
Rosenblum Cellars - Vintner's Cuve XXX
Berry and chocolate from Portugal (9)
2006 Dow - Vale do Bomfim
The had me at the name, but the website also floored me (9)
2006 Codorníu, S.A - The Spanish Quarter: Red
A smooth and fruity red that's perfect for summer (9)
2008 First Drop Wines - The Red One
Dark cherries with a dash of cocoa and smoke (9)
2007 Four Vines - The Maverick
A very nice, smooth, plum succulent Syrah... form Oregon (9)
2003 Eden Vale - Syrah
Very good but not orgasmic... but close (9)
2009 Jam Jar - Sweet Shiraz
A wonderful Shiraz, but sweeter... with bubbles (8)
Hardy's - Sparkling Shiraz
A great inexpensive sparkling Shiraz (9)
Merchant's Run - Sparkling Shiraz
Smoky wonderfulness in a South African Red Blend (9)
2004 Vrede en Lust - Simond
Wrong bottle choice, but a good wine nonetheless (9)
2008 Asunto - Shiraz-Carmenere
Fit for any loony in the midday sun, or a nice tepid night (10)
2005 Mad Dogs & Englishmen - Shiraz Cabernet Monastrell
Smack me down [under] and make me a believer! (10)
2005 Lyndoch Valley - Shiraz
A smooth plum heavy Ripasso (8)
2006 Solane - Santi Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso
Smooth purple dark cherries and black currant (9)
2008 Vignali Roccamora - Sangiovese
Another great Salice Salentino (10)
2004 Taurino - Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva : Reserve
Somewhat spicy like a Chinato, but with a different fullness (9)
Rivera - Salice Salentino
It was the dry, not the sweet (9)
2004 Cantini Fratelli Pardi - Sagrantino di Montefalco Secco
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