Calistoga Zinfandel

Mix of red/black fruit, raisinated voluptuous texture, sweet finish and not bone dry...tannins and acid smooth...delicious and drinkable...

Deep Ruby. Big bold berry. Prune. Syrupy texture. Lingering finish. Nice mid-palette.

This is certainly the most interesting Zinfandel I’ve tasted in quite some time, and also one of the best. Montelena sourced Irish oak from a certain distillery for some of the aging. I found this remarkably right bank Bordeaux like with ripe aromas of plums, blueberry pie, cassis, figs, chocolate, spice box and tobacco leaf. Very complex and aristocratic expression. Superb vintage!

They used Irish Oak in this bottling.

a softer elegant expression of the zin ~ very pleasant

Lots of fun - huge green pepper notes

Temperate vintage. 100% Zin/primitivo. 16 months aging in French, Irish, and American oak of which 20% new. Orange yogurt, white pepper, fruit basket - red, blue. Plums, cranberry, blueberry pie. Medium acidity, medium minus tannins.

Rainy day zin paired with minestrone

Delicious and distinctive Zin. Drinks like a Bordeaux.

Sangita's moms birthday