Critic: Antonio Galloni

Tasted: 01-AUG-18

Drinking Dates: 2022-2036

Score: 95

The 2016 Zinfandel Geyserville is a powerful, tightly wound wine. Beams of supporting tannin and acidity give the 2016 its distinctly virile, imposing personality. Black cherry, graphite, lavender, and spice are all laced throughout. Deceptively medium in body, the 2016 packs a serious punch. It also needs at least a few years in bottle to settle down, as the tannins are quite imposing, There is a purity to the 2016 that is absolutely striking. -- Antonio Galloni

Critic: Richard Hemming MW

Tasted: 20-JUN-18

Drinking Dates: 2018-2021

Score: 15

Quite a bit of acetic influence on the nose, and I’m not sure that the bramble fruit, ripe and well-defined though it is, can entirely escape this influence. (RH)

Critic: William Kelley

Tasted: 31-MAY-18

Drinking Dates: 2020-2033

Score: 95

The 2016 Geyserville Proprietary Red Wine is a real success this year, bursting from the glass with an exuberant bouquet of sweet cherries, blackberries and plums, with subtle hints of the licorice and spice to come with age, and a subtle framing of sweet new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and layered, with a lovely core of ripe, succulent fruit and beautifully fine-grained structuring tannins. The finish is long and pure. There are 23 different grape varieties co-planted in the Geyserville vineyard, but in 2016, Zinfandel dominates at 73%, followed by 17% Carignane, 7% Petite Sirah and 3% Alicante Bouschet.