This wine reflects a conscious effort to buck the unfortunate trend of too ripe, too alcoholic, too jammy Zins. It’s got a lively, nose of pomegranate and barely ripe blackberry, some spice, and a bit of crushed rock minerality. In the mouth it’s lean and bone dry, with black cherry fruit and lots of stony minerals. Great acids and a framework of fine-grained, chalky tannin. While I love this effort, ideally I’d like just a teensy bit more ripeness to allow the Zinfandel spicy blackberry/black raspberry fruit to shine and a tad more density.
This wine reflects a conscious effort to buck the unfortunate trend of too ripe, too alcoholic, too jammy Zins. It’s got a lively, nose of pomegranate and barely ripe blackberry, some spice, and a bit of crushed rock minerality. In the mouth it’s lean and bone dry, with black cherry fruit and lots of stony minerals. Great acids and a framework of fine-grained, chalky tannin. While I love this effort, ideally I’d like just a teensy bit more ripeness to allow the Zinfandel spicy blackberry/black raspberry fruit to shine and a tad more density.
Mar 21st, 2023
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
