Jon Nadelberg wrote:
> Ed Rasimus wrote:
>
>>
>> As for Cline, I picked up an Old Vine Zin a few weeks ago--think it
>> was '02--and found it decidedly herbal rather than fruit forward.
>> Somehow dill in wines is a taste I haven't acquired yet.
>
> At Cline, they claim that the wine is flavored by the eucalyptus trees
> that surround the vineyard. Perhaps that is what you taste.

That's quite likely true. To me, all of Cline's reds have a certain
"Clineness" to them that I find quite unmistakable (I say this without
ever having identified one blind, though). Whenever I write up notes
about a Cline Zin or Mourvedre I end using the descriptors "eucalyptus"
and/or "mint," which for whatever reason I find closely related in wine.

Mark Lipton