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Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com
"Even better, the 2016 Zinfandel Hayne Vineyard Reserve is heavenly stuff and anyone who loves Zin, or good wine for that matter, should do whatever they can to taste this elixir. Blueberries, blackberries, licorice and toasty oak nuances all soar from the glass and this awesome wine has beautiful purity, fine tannin, and an incredible opulence paired with an elegance that’s just about off the charts. It’s going to keep for two decades."
95 Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Robert Parker Wine Advocate
"The 2016 Zinfandel Reserve Hayne Vineyard displays a medium to deep garnet-purple color, giving up notes of crushed red currants, black raspberries and black berries with hints of dried mulberries, forest floor, incense and cloves. Full-bodied, concentrated and offering layers of red, black and blue fruits, the chewy palate is incredibly spicy, finishing with a refreshing herbal lift. 516 cases produced."
"This wine perfectly showcases the spectacular and singular quality that only hand-selected blocks of Hayne Vineyard’s 116-year old vines can produce. A fascinating, complex and completely delicious wine, it defies logic as a huge, monster red that deserves a seat at the table of Napa’s finest, while remaining deftly balanced in every sense of the word.
With 490 cases of this elixir produced, 2016 is the most old vine Reserve produced in Hayne Vineyard history. The fruit was just that good." - Winery
