On the nose, you will likely smell those pleasant raspberry and black cherry aromas. Finally, is Red Zinfandel a sweet wine? Not at all. Many wine sweetness charts consider it a medium-dry to dry red wine, meaning it contains only a few grams or fewer residual sugars per glass.

Old vines, while they grow complex, flavorful fruit, don't grow very much of it, so making wine from these historic plants is much more expensive than it would be from younger, more vigorous vines.

Zinfandel is anything but light and elegant. This varietal is big and bold with a lot of fruity flavors. It can be one of the richest styles of wine, and a wine you want to pair with richer entree's!

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