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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2015 (based on 58 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 85.6 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by td1836 on 5/11/2012 & rated 89 points: Nice ripe fruit tending towards the jammy side with an interesting spice element at the end. Smooth, medium length finish, with lingering oak. (2253 views) | | | Tasted by DRS-Inc on 2/4/2012 & rated 86 points: Tasted at NYC Winter Wine Fest 2012 at Best Buy Theater in Times Square. Mixed red berries, clove & cinammon. Simple & straight-forward Zin. (4961 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 1/27/2012 & rated 86 points: ZAP 2012 Flights Forum (Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco): Light garnet color with fruity, spicy red fruit aromas. On the palate light-bodied, with good acidity, and raspberry, strawberry, and baking spice flavors. Medium finish. 13.5% ABV Suggested retail $11.99 (5894 views) | | | Tasted by esb on 1/15/2012 & rated 81 points: This is a big departure from the wonderful 2007. Unusual, atypical Amador Zin fruit of licorice and generic smoky dark fruit. Strangely, I woke in the middle of the night thinking smoke taint. The fruit has very slight, almost sour smokiness which doesn't fit and may (or may not?) be the reason for the odd fruit expression. It's light/medium in the mouth, very lively and bright, reasonably together but not quite as poised as the 2007. Overall, disappointing because of my experience with the 2007 but objectively an average/good wine although not a pure Zin benchmark. (4933 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Kopanski on 3/8/2011 & rated 87 points: It is hard to believe this is a Zinfandel. The flavors, aromas, and structure are more like a Cabernet or a Syrah. The dominant feeling in the mouth is acid, which as us zin lovers know, is quite uncharacteristic. Yes there is plenty of refined blackberry and dark cherry fruit, but unusual for a zin, it is subordinate to the acid, and indeed the tannin. Blame the Amador county terroir. Still, for what is in the glass, this is a value, and stylishly unique.Not at all idiciitive of a Zinfandel, but a very respectable wine. (5208 views) |
| Terra d'Oro Winery 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 Sierra FoothillsAmador |
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