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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2017 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 45 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Dolores.Ferrero on 5/15/2020 & rated 93 points: The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like raisin and black pepper. It tastes like cherry and raisin. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. It paired beautifully with fresh bread and Cowgirl's Red Hawk (809 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 5/20/2017 & rated 90 points: Mature and has plenty of flavor. I do not see this improving further. The predominant notes are dry fruits: raisins, figs, dried currants, dried cherries. Some mocha. Not much tannin or bright acidity left. (1900 views) | | | Tasted by Caligrrl on 11/12/2016 flawed bottle: Corked (2065 views) | | | Tasted by Act1 on 8/31/2016 & rated 91 points: Does anyone know where i could buy a bottle of the 2010 Mauritson Zinfandel? (2105 views) | | | Tasted by timmer57 on 9/26/2015 & rated 90 points: Nice typical fruity Zinfandel but nor overly so. easy drinker (2644 views) | | | Tasted by brown57 on 12/24/2014 & rated 89 points: We visited the Mauritson tasting room near Healdsburg this past summer and had a very nice experience there. We brought home a bottle of their Rockpile Syrah however this Dry Creek Zinfandel was purchased at Stirling Wines here in NJ.
Our bottle of the Dry Creek Zin didn't quite live up to some of the other notes provided here. While it had some nice dark berry notes (reminded me of Tazo Brambleberry ice tea), the alcohol was getting in the way of the fruit. As a result, I found this wine to be inconsistent from sip to sip. For me it was ok, but not great.
I should definitely mention that I noticed when I brought this up from the cellar that there was some slight leakage around the cork that had penetrated the foil seal and ran down the side of the bottle. While the wine definitely wasn't corked or oxidized, this certainly could have contributed to some bottle variation. It would be worth picking up another bottle to see if that one fares any better. (2597 views) | | | Tasted by shorty01 on 11/7/2014 & rated 91 points: Not much I could add to previous opinions, except, so good. (1961 views) | | | Tasted by Barry Notes on 7/23/2014 & rated 91 points: PnP w/45 min decant. Clear, deep purple color, slightly chilled. Wonderful, proper nose/taste. Med/full with nice integration/balance. Fairly big, not overly extracted with a long, clean finish. Ideal drinking window. Nothing off, great value. $22 (1863 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 7/23/2014: A nice surprise. I don't own any DCV Zin, haven't in years. However, this bottle makes a solid case for what I did like about the region's Zins when I was buying them (regularly, too). Crunchy red and blue fruits, fresh acids, and elegant tannins subtly framing the package. The complexity was there from the first glass, and stayed there all the way through to the final one, some two hours in. Plums, strawberry and vibrant spices. A good, honest value for a lovely Zin @ approximately $25. The label says 15,2% abv, but really, it never came across as anything higher than 14%. Some nice craftsmanship and solid winegrowing here; drink thru 2018. recommended
PnP, served non-blind. (2830 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 3/18/2014 & rated 90 points: Good perfume on the black raspberry section of the spectrum, with notes of cedar and some herbal garrigue. Still intense and tight and needs a good 12 -24 hour decant. The weight of this wine is very Rhone-like, with a chambord/kirsch and fruit complexity predominating over licorice and mediterranean hillside herbs, but latter are present. There is a typical Zinfandel bramble kiss on the palate but overall effect is big and rustic as opposed to elegant, towards which it may or may not evolve. 90-91 (1669 views) | | | Tasted by Rakarp on 2/24/2014 & rated 93 points: Great wine..drinking now..deep fruit (1336 views) | | | Tasted by zinfomaniac on 11/17/2013 & rated 90 points: As a zin fan this one hits my jiggle spot. The snootfull of classic DCV wet raspberry rock and spice hint to the mouth filling ripe but not overdone red and black fruit. A lingering finish leaves you looking at the glass you just set down and makes you think, damn I better do that again. (1372 views) | | | Tasted by storysworld on 5/15/2013: When I bought the wine after visiting the tasting room, my notes echoed that of Wilypod. A great Zin. After opening at home, my experience mirrored that of ecola's February experience. A disappointing experience. (1708 views) | | | Tasted by ecola on 2/7/2013 & rated 88 points: Medium to full body. Seemed slightly off balance with a bit too much acidity and the fruit was rather mild. Tasted better with gnocchi and vodka sauce than on it's own. A much different experience than my first bottle. (2009 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 1/11/2013 & rated 93 points: Concentrated like a Priorat, this is the rare Zinfandel that soars over the 90 point hurdle. Distinctive, pure, even fierce fruit of black cherry and huckleberry aromas and a myrtle bouquet. After a year in the bottle, the wine's adolescent edges have developed into a curvaceous figure with a ballerina's posture carrying it elegantly. Not huge on the palate but oh so lovely and balanced and refreshing. (1838 views) | | | Tasted by budh on 12/31/2012 & rated 90 points: Nose is jammy fruit - dark berry & cherry; or could pass as fig. Hint of coffee and pepper. Taste isn't jammy; blackberry, plum, pepper, oak. Light tannin level, nice acidity/fruit balance. Medium finish. A nice drink. (1755 views) | | | Tasted by hutchfam on 12/30/2012 & rated 92 points: We enjoyed this with Christmas dinner. We used an aerator and it was divine. Complemented our spice cake as well as our meal. (1725 views) | | | Tasted by respieth@gmail.com on 11/21/2012 & rated 92 points: The wine looks Ruby colored. It smells like Fig, Coffee, and Black Pepper. It tastes like Red Currant, and Strawberry Jam. The body is Medium. The wine has Angular texture. The wine finishes Short. (1673 views) | | | Tasted by bjharris on 10/10/2012 & rated 95 points: Well balanced, fruit forward wine. No one flavor overpowers others. Very enjoyable. (1670 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 9/10/2012 & rated 92 points: 2012 22nd Annual Family Winemakers of California Tasting; 9/9/2012-9/10/2012 (Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California): Dark ruby color; lifted, tart berry, tart cherry nose; tasty, rich, ripe cherry, berry palate; medium-plus finish (w/3% Petite Sirah) (3309 views) | | | Tasted by eldiabloazul on 8/15/2012 & rated 87 points: Nice solid Dry Creek Zin...not seeing the 90 plus scores (1700 views) | | | Tasted by ecola on 7/25/2012 & rated 92 points: Dark blackberry and blueberry coming through. Intense flavors without being jammy and viscous. Wonderful acidity all the way. Classic example of Dry Creek Valley. (1769 views) | | | Tasted by mmurry on 6/16/2012 & rated 91 points: Crushed rock and pepper on the nose, with some raspberry and blackberry, and some earth at the end. Raspberry and minerals on the palate, with cherry and pepper, and some earth on the finish. (1722 views) | | | Tasted by Minkey on 6/16/2012 & rated 88 points: The nose has plenty of root vegetables with strawberries and dark cherries. The palate is very fruity and jammy with ripe strawberries and blackberries. (1931 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 5/12/2012 & rated 92 points: Elegance and harmony in tension with sturdy but rambunctious ripe Zinfandel fruit. Young, needs to breathe at least an hour or two. Restrained spicy oak, black raspberry nose followed by opulent, savory, black cherry palate with persistent finish of medium tannins. Not jammy, tart but ripe. A dolop of Petite Sirah adds complexity to the palate. Classic Zinfandel aromas emerge on day 2. Clearly wants to develop but quite drinkable now. Beautifully crafted, should appeal to Cab, Barolo, Aglianico, and sturdy red devotees. 91-93. (1737 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Mauritson Wines Producer websiteZinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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