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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.5 pts. and median of 83 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 11/13/2011 & rated 88 points: The First Sip - Lodi Harvest Celebration (Lodi and environs, California): Dark garnet color; maturing, dried currant, tart berry nose; tart black currant, iodine, savory palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points (45 yr old vines) (2649 views) | | | Tasted by mguglielmo on 3/6/2011 & rated 82 points: I think the other review is unduly harsh, though that's not to say this is some otherworldly Zin. It's completely one-dimensional, simple, and certainly not something you'd go out of your way for, but it's perfectly reasonable for a quick PnP to go with a midweek pizza dinner. It's a very ruby red in color with very little legs to speak of. Nose of candied cherries, lots of jam & prune, and berries, with a hint of licorice. Palate is fruit, fruit, and more fruit, all jam and cherry; to be honest it does wear on you a bit. No acidity, no tannins, very little body, 2 second finish. Like I said, it's ok, but not god-awful. (5790 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 8/1/2010 & rated 77 points: Not a good wine...has that expected Lodi taste, soft and rich, but also has an ugly medicinal edge to it, or is it metallic. (6023 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (11/13/2011)
(Rock Lobster Old Vine Zinfandel) Dark garnet color; maturing, dried currant, tart berry nose; tart black currant, iodine, savory palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points (45 yr old vines) 88 points |
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| 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 Central Valley The Central California Winegrowers (Official site) | Central Valley (California Wine Institute)Lodi Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape Commission | Lodi District Grape Growers Association |
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