WINE =======: 2003 Tobin James Liquid Love Late-Harvest Zinfandel
AOC         : Paso Robles
Tasting Date: 2005-08-09
Varietal    : Zinfandel
Score       : 87
Country     : USA
State       : California
Region      : Paso Robles

Notes
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The color of this wine is a lovely dark, deep garnet--with
the light behind it, a perfect clear ruby red. The nose is
medium-to-light, with a delicious blueberry jam smell. The
flavor is interesting...not super-sweet, a bit overpowered
by the heat of alcohol, sort of the taste of the blueberry
syrup at IHOP, but less sweet, and with an odd bitterness.
The finish lasts rather long.

After a night in the frig, it lost some of its bitter
qualities. What does it taste like now? First imagine some
blueberries. Now imagine that you are somehow able to roast
these blueberries. That's what it tastes like--roasted
blueberries. Not that I've ever roasted a blueberry; seems
like it would be awful hard to keep them on the grill.

I'm not sure how I feel about this wine...it doesn't have
the usual weirdness of a red dessert wine, but it's got its
own special variety. I wonder how it will do with age.
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