Opened this last night as a red to try:
1. Nalle Zin DryCreekVlly/SonomaCnty (13.5%; AmazingZin) Healdsburg 1990: Ullaged below the shoulder; cork dropped into btl under the AhSo; med.dark color w/ some bricking; strong cedary/pencilly/cigar box/oldZin light raspberry/blackberry/Zinberry/bit spicy bit tired nose; fairly tart strong cedary/pencilly/oldZin light raspberry/Zinberry/spicy bit tangy/metallic slight horsecollar/bretty rather complex oldZin flavor w/ light somewhat drying tannins; very long rather tangy/drying/metallic quite cedary/pencilly/cigar box/old Zin slight blackberry/Zin somewhat tired/drying out some bretty/barnyardy/horsecollar finish w/ light drying/astringent tannins; still offers up a bit of pleasure and not totally shot or oxidized; mostly of intellectual interest and nice trip down memory lane.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. I, of course, followed DougNalle from the very start when he got a great review in Charlie&Earl's CGCW. In the late '80's, Doug came to my group & we tasting thru some of his older Zins. He could never quite understand why anyone would want to age his Zins.
I put him up at my house and he absolutely charmed the socks off my young daughter. I still get Rebecca a btl of Nalle Zin every once in awhile just for old-time's sake. It was amusing that Doug travelled with his own pillow because he was attached to it I guess.
Tom