Storybook Mountain
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Storybook Mountain 1997 Eastern Exposures Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
- $25
A touch of Viognier ignites a pretty, seductive nose with spicy fruit and cocoa, as well as raspberry and mineral notes. As it unfolds the wine displays enormous complexity, with tart currant and cranberry fruit leading into a tight, sharp, brightly etched finish. It’s one of the rare Zins that can stake a legitimate claim to tasting of terroir.
— P.G.
(11/15/1999)
Storybook Mountain 2008 Estate Reserve Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
- $55
This is the most elegant of the winery’s new Zinfandels, although elegant has to be taken in context when it comes to mountain fruit with this intensity and power. It’s a big wine, with potent raspberry, cherry and blackberry fruit. Yet there’s a delicacy to it, even considering the tannins, that’s almost like a Pinot Noir, strange as that sounds. Earns its high…
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Storybook Mountain 1997 The Last Hurrah Zinfandel (Howell Mountain)
- $35
An amazing wine, with classic Howell Mountain monster fruit. Bursts with blueberry, currant, and blackberry aromas and flavors, and a rich streak of mushroom. Extracted and pure; very dry and spicy. This is the last vintage of this wine; the vineyard has been replanted to Cabernet Sauvignon.
— S.H.
(5/1/2000)
Storybook Mountain 2007 SEPS Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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- $85
A luscious Cabernet, impressive for the sheer power of its fruit. Delivers wave after wave of flavors of ripe blackberry, cherry, cassis and plum sauce spiciness. The tannins are intricate, yet soft and easy. It is just beginning to turn the corner, picking up bottle-age notes. Drink it now, with a great steak, and over the next six years or so.
— S.H.
(8/1/2012)
Storybook Mountain 2008 Mayacamas Range Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
- $34
Mountain-grown fruit gives this wine an exceptional intensity and purity of flavor. Tastes like the essence of blackberries, sprinkled with black pepper, anise and cocoa. As rich as it is, the finish is perfectly dry. There’s a rusticity to the texture, but that’s why Zinfandel is Zinfandel. Drink over the next six years, especially with barbecue or fine roasted…
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Storybook Mountain 2008 Eastern Exposures Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
- $45
A first rate Zinfandel, as rich as they come, brimming with intense mountain fruit flavors of blackberries, black currants and cola, with Zin’s black pepper and a savory taste of grilled Canadian bacon. Lush, smooth and tannic, it’s a beautiful wine to drink now with beef stew or even a coq au vin-style dish.
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Storybook Mountain 1997 Estate Reserve Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
- $50
Blackberries are the story here, boatloads of rich, ripe, jammy blackberries. There is just a whiff of volatile acidity, then a wonderful mouthful of fruit with some stony earth underneath. Shows a light touch with the oak, good acids and a deft handling of the tannins.
— P.G.
(3/1/2001)
Storybook Mountain 2003 Estate Reserve Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
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- $50
With a crunchy bite of tannins and acidity, this Zin drinks fresh and pert. Fully dry, it offers a rich array of blackberry, loganberry, cherry, mocha-choca and spicy flavors that finish dry and complex. It’s Zins like this that have earned the winery its well-deserved reputation.
— S.H.
(5/1/2007)
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