Light ruby in color with a wide reddish/ brick/ orange rim.
On the nose cherries, blueberries, barnyard, earth, wood, light vanilla, licorice, spices, vegetables, leather and black pepper.
Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with cherries, strawberries, red currants, oak, smoke, tobacco leaf, spices, graphites, herbs, bell pepper, dark coffee and peppercorn.
Medium finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cranberries.
This Old Vine Zinfandel from over 100 year old vines is nicely balanced with nice complexity and a very elegant mouthfeel.
Needs a couple of hours to open up properly and remove some of the acidity.
This 6 year old, is a gentle wine to drink by itself with good friends, or with food.
Not a typical California Zinfandel.
I paired it with light appetizers.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
$45.
Light ruby in color with a wide reddish/ brick/ orange rim.
On the nose cherries, blueberries, barnyard, earth, wood, light vanilla, licorice, spices, vegetables, leather and black pepper.
Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with cherries, strawberries, red currants, oak, smoke, tobacco leaf, spices, graphites, herbs, bell pepper, dark coffee and peppercorn.
Medium finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cranberries.
This Old Vine Zinfandel from over 100 year old vines is nicely balanced with nice complexity and a very elegant mouthfeel.
Needs a couple of hours to open up properly and remove some of the acidity.
This 6 year old, is a gentle wine to drink by itself with good friends, or with food.
Not a typical California Zinfandel.
I paired it with light appetizers.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
$45.
Mar 12th, 2019
Mendocino, North Coast, California, USA
