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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2011 (based on 9 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.7 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Wicked Panda on 12/30/2011 & rated 88 points: Still drinking well. No harshness, but fruit is fading. A sweet plum and blackberry hints with just a touch of vanilla from the oak. (1246 views) | | | Tasted by brigcampbell on 12/5/2010: Decent wine and certainly for the price. The fruit is starting to prune up a bit which is a negative for me. surprisingly there is plenty of structure, well balanced, with firm tannins. just not sure the fruit is up for the task. Day two this completely fell apart, a rasin mess. (1543 views) | | | Tasted by Go Blue on 6/30/2010 & rated 88 points: Agree with previous postings, what a great vaule. (1725 views) | | | Tasted by fudp on 11/20/2009 & rated 88 points: Boy this is really coming into it's own now. Third bottle I've had in 2yr. Popped and poured. Nose of currant, and good old DCV dust. Long finish of subtle pepper and fuit. Very well balanced wine that is enjoyable to drink. I only occasionally see a bottle of it in a grocery store and I always pick one up. This has everything like about Dry Creek wines in one bottle. (1841 views) | | | Tasted by vinophileSD on 10/9/2009 & rated 89 points: This wine has changed a lot since I last had it. Change for the better. Nose of Herbs and pepper and dusty Dry Creek fruit. After a two hour venturi decant, this stuff is ready to go. Elegant Zin with somewhat drying tannins on the finish. Nice palate texture, and very thick clinging legs in the
glass. Smooth and satisfying. Good blackberry and currant fruit profile. The alcohol has really become less obvious, not hot at all. Looking forward to enjoying the rest of this with grilled southwestern chicken sausages. Yes! (1917 views) | | | Tasted by shalombethefire on 2/25/2008 & rated 88 points: Well everyone is right about it needing some time to breathe. The sommelier where I bought it said to give it a day to open up and I couldn't agree more. Last night I opened this up, gave it a few minutes and the bouquet was pure alcohol. Taste was about the same, almost totally alcohol and a smidgen of oak. Tonight however the bouquet is sweet plum, oak and jam with almost no alcohol present. Light-medium bodied with a smooth finish. This is a good balance between sweet and savory. I tend to favor the sweeter Zins, but this is delicious and interesting stuff. The tannings show up and say hi but just enough to keep it alive on your palate without turning anyone off. (1484 views) | | | Tasted by westcoastwannabe on 1/13/2008 & rated 88 points: Surprisingly, this 5-year-old Zin was strong out of the bottle and needed some decant time. Both the nose and the taste opened up well, offering both pepper and berry. A great value, too. (1462 views) |
| Souverain Producer website
As described on the history page, this winery has variously been referred to as Souverain, Souverain of Rutherford and Chateau Souverain. They are ALL the same winery making the same wines, so on CellarTracker we have standardized on just Souverain.Zinfandel 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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