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100 Point Rating Guide | ||
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| 96-100 | Extraordinary | A wine of finesse, complexity, and expression. True to variety and region. Perfect balance of flavors with a long finish. |
| 90-95 | Excellent | True to variety and region, with terrific complexity and balance. While not a wine for the ages, a superior example. |
| 85-89 | Good | Meets your expectations, with sound flavors and balance. Might have limited complexity or be short on the palate. A sound wine. |
| 80-84 | Average | Drinkable, might not have as much varietal character. Simple flavors, no flaws, but nothing special. |
| 75-79 | Below Average | Might contain one flaw, simple straight-forward flavors, off-balance, unpleasant. |
| 60-74 | Undrinkable, Flawed | Contains significant flaws. Unpleasant, not commercially acceptable. |
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1 User Review
Mar 15, 2010
This is one of the legendary Zinfandel wines of the Central Coast, and a benchmark for producers all of the Paso Robles region. The 2001 vintage is one of the best in memory, showing huge levels of extract, dark sappy fruit, spicy notes and managing to keep it all in good balance (something of a challenge in less ideal vintages of this wine). A delightful accompanyment to grilled meats or zesty pasta dishes, it also is suited for a good "show stopper" or final bottle of an evening for it's high levels of extract, when the sweetness of say a Port wine would be undesireable to some palates. A stylistic masterpiece, and for my tastes the wine Norman should shoot for in future Monster bottlings.
