Color intensity appropriate for varietal. As the label states "handcrafted in a fashion that is not unlike the big & bold Cabernets of the Napa Valley". Nose follows the back label with heavy oak/vanilla and heavily toasted barrels. Violets and black stone fruit accompanies but not the zippy Zinfandel notes to match the variety.
Sweet oak starts and frames all of the flavors. 14.5% alcohol on the label seems low (TTB allows +/-1.0%) so feels more like 15+% on the palette.
Color intensity appropriate for varietal. As the label states "handcrafted in a fashion that is not unlike the big & bold Cabernets of the Napa Valley". Nose follows the back label with heavy oak/vanilla and heavily toasted barrels. Violets and black stone fruit accompanies but not the zippy Zinfandel notes to match the variety.
Sweet oak starts and frames all of the flavors. 14.5% alcohol on the label seems low (TTB allows +/-1.0%) so feels more like 15+% on the palette.
Jan 4th, 2016
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
