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Seven Lions Winery 2000 Three Amigos Vineyards Zinfandel (Sonoma County)
- $38
A complex, amazing wine that is one of the best Zins of the vintage. The perfume is extraordinarily detailed, suggesting black raspberry preserves, white chocolate, black pepper, tobacco, vanilla and smoke. All these flavors commingle in the mouth. Drinks dry, with dusty tannins. This is a brilliant wine, with a sensationally rich, vital finish. —S.H.
— S.H.
(9/1/2002)
Seven Lions Winery 2000 Buena Tierra Vineyards Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)
- $55
Firm and bright, yet smooth and silky, this wine offers a classy mix of subtle herb and mineral tones, backed by rich pear, citrus, melon and toasty oak flavors. Long at the end.
— J.M.
(12/15/2002)
Seven Lions Winery 2000 Wes Cameron Vineyard 60 Year Old Wente Clone Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)
- $35
Somewhat earthy and quite complex, with an unusual array of citrus, hazelnut, butterscotch, toast, melon and mineral flavors. Full-bodied, it’s weighty yet clean and fresh at the end.
— J.M.
(12/15/2002)
Seven Lions Winery 2000 Hansen Vineyards Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- $55
Blackberry, black plum, black toasty oak—you get the idea, there’s a wealth of very dark notes here, but there’s also tart red cherry and currant fruit, plus interesting cigar-box elements. This juicy mid-weight closes dry, with good length, a slightly chalky feel and licorice-espresso flavors. Drink now–2007.
— W.E.
(10/1/2002)
Seven Lions Winery 2000 Blakeman Vineyard Chardonnay (Anderson Valley)
Lean and angular, a wine whose fruity ripeness stops at citrus and apples. Yet the structure is interesting, with high acidity. Lees and oak add a touch of complexity. Finishes slightly bitter. —S.H.
— S.H.
(2/1/2003)
Seven Lions Winery 1999 Joe and Emily's Vineyard Zinfandel (Russian River Valley)
- $65
This joint effort from Alyssa Barlow and Fred Williams (son of Williams Selyem’s former winemaker-owner, Burt Williams) has some of the most impressive packaging that I’ve seen all year—though getting through the fancy wax seal takes some doing. Wide, sexy aromas of sweet cocoa and blackberry, plus a little baking flour, lead to anise, oak and more blackberry on…
— D.T.
(3/1/2002)
Seven Lions Winery 2000 Poor Man's Flat Vineyards 100 Year Old Vines Zinfandel (Russian River Valley)
- $30
Smells superripe and overly extracted, with jammy, fruit-tart aromas underscored by earthy, herbal notes of tobacco and sage. It’s a big wine, and a little awkward, but it might knit together in the cellar. —S.H.
— S.H.
(9/1/2002)
Seven Lions Winery 2000 Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- $45
Cherry and tart berry fruit, menthol and woodsy-spicy accents appeal, but don’t harmonize as well as hoped for. Cola, cocoa and orange nuances also show, but the whole is somehow less than the sum of its admirable parts. Closes with mild tannins and sweet-and-sour notes that some tasters found a touch medicinal.
— W.E.
(10/1/2002)
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