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| Drinking window: Drink between 2019 and 2023 (based on 25 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by HWgeek on 4/3/2023 & rated 90 points: Still holding up and tasty. (378 views) | | | Tasted by sw918 on 10/11/2022 & rated 91 points: Well done jammy zin. Not sure if it’s hot it’s peak yet Very jammy. Dark fruits. Raisin, blackberry jam,black plum, oak, leather, vanilla, deep, brooding wine. Lovely. Aromatic, deep and dark. Lucious. Wish I had more. (525 views) | | | Tasted by HWgeek on 10/10/2021 & rated 90 points: Very well done Zin. Bramble, plum, berry notes on nose. Palate gets dark chocolate, pepper, dark berries. Oak rounds out the palate with a long smooth finish, tannins are mild but you don't loose finish. Ran through the aerator, and then let sit for 20min.. Tasted very delicous! (1090 views) | | | Tasted by wgilbert3 on 2/18/2021 & rated 90 points: Classic CA Zin with typical bramble nose with underlying berry notes. On the palate, nice balance of fruit, earth and hints of spice. Oak is very well integrated; it adds some roundness, maybe hints of leather. Tannins mostly absent though not flabby at all. I need more! Does seem to be quite high in alcohol. (1234 views) | | | Tasted by wgilbert3 on 7/30/2020 & rated 87 points: Decent but too much oak, esp. when opened. OK with certain foods but the fruit gets lost in the oak. (1611 views) | | | Tasted by WineGeek1989 on 2/1/2020 & rated 90 points: On the nose- Big red fruits, some dark fruits, bright cherries, red raspberries, wild strawberries, berry pie, violets, red flowers, wild herbs
On the palate- Big red fruits and some dark fruits, bright cherries and red raspberries, wild strawberries and berry pie, violets and red flowers and some wild herbs on the finish. This wine is drinking great now with some age on it but I see this being able to age another 5-7 years if not longer with no problem (1549 views) | | | Tasted by rldixon on 12/18/2019 & rated 89 points: A nice, balanced Zin from a reasonably great year. Spices and pepper, fruit is subdued. Though it is 16.1% alcohol, there was no hotness in the first glass. (1586 views) | | | Tasted by zin-fan-delaware on 11/26/2019 & rated 89 points: Spice and pepper bomb! Medium body, finishes kind of quickly. Let it breath an hour (1306 views) | | | Tasted by Sinkules on 10/2/2019: Classic Dry Creek Spice Bomb (1328 views) | | | Tasted by Lrbagby on 3/18/2019 & rated 89 points: Good fruity smooth zin good AM (1084 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 11/17/2018 & rated 87 points: Wine shop tasting pour. Old vine Dry Creek Zin. Very racy and heavily spiced nose, good dose of black pepper, blackberry and moderate intensity of fruit. (1425 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 7/8/2018 & rated 92 points: Very dark ruby color; aromatic, wild berry, currant, violets, lavender nose; delicious, juicy, black currant, bramble, wild berry, black pepper palate with good balancing acidity; medium-plus finish (16.1% alcohol; natural cork) 92+ points (949 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (7/8/2018)
(Pedroncelli Zinfandel Bushnell Vineyard Dry Creek Valley) Very dark ruby color; aromatic, wild berry, currant, violets, lavender nose; delicious, juicy, black currant, bramble, wild berry, black pepper palate with good balancing acidity; medium-plus finish (16.1% alcohol; natural cork) 92+ points 92 points |
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| Pedroncelli Producer web site2016 Pedroncelli Zinfandel Bushnell Vineyard Dry Creek ValleyGood growing season conditions were provided in 2016 with enough rain during spring to give the vineyard all that it needed as well as generous hang time just before harvest to fully mature the grapes. Good acid balance and mature tannins with high intensity in aromatics and flavors is the result. Fermentation took place in a small capacity stainless steel tank which lends better skin-to-juice ratio. Daily pumpovers of juice over the cap extracted color, flavor and tannin. The young wine was transferred to American oak barrels to age for sixteen months. The time in the barrel added complexity, creating many layers of flavor.
Specifications
Vintage: 2016
Appellation: Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County
Barrel Aging: 16 months American oak barrels, 40% new oak
Alcohol: 16.1%
pH: 3.84
Total Acidity: .585g/100mlZinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelBushnell VineyardLocated on the eastern hillsides of Dry Creek Valley, the 22-acre Bushnell Vineyard has been closely related to the Pedroncelli family for over 50 years. Winery founder John Sr. purchased the property in 1943, and, at the time, it was planted to Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and Carignane. The vineyard was sold to son-in-law Al Pedroni in the 1950s and he tended the vineyard for over 40 years. Al’s daughter Carol Bushnell inherited the vineyard in the 1990s and she and her husband Jim now farm it. They grow Zinfandel and Petite Sirah.USAAmerican 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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