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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2019 (based on 10 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85.9 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by macliii on 5/25/2020 & rated 87 points: Not much going on on the nose. Dark purple and a little hot when first opened, but mellowed an hour later. In the mouth flavors of raisin, jammy fruit with good acidity. I chose specifically to drink with American Chop Suey dinner (pasta with tomato soup and sautéed onions and Hamburg) and it went nicely with this. Not a long finish but drinking well still. Recommend 30-60 minute decent still at this point. (603 views) | | | Tasted by kenlotterman on 1/23/2019: CORAVIN taste
Fantastic. Tannic as a cab, nose like a Pinot. A little hot. Ready to drink NOW. (850 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 11/17/2018 & rated 92 points: Seymour Wine Club Meeting 11/17/18 (Home of David Zanowiak): Tasted blind. Aromas of blackberry, currant, cherry and earth. Flavors of blackberry, mint, currant and touch of iron. Ends with a 25+ second finish with currant notes. I again was wrong as I had this pegged as a Sonoma Cabernet. Was a bit surprised when it was a Zin, but I have had some trouble with some funkier Zins in the past. Was surprised to see this was 15.5% alcohol because it wasn't heavy or hot at all. I gave this 92 points and it was the wine of the night. (1136 views) | | | Tasted by Glenn92 on 8/1/2018 & rated 88 points: Fruity nose wine - toffee as well
Easy mouth feel
Coffee, slight anise, and fruit on the palate
A bit tired - last of the vintage
Wanted more from old vines (983 views) | | | Tasted by CabinConnoisseur on 6/22/2018 & rated 88 points: Much improved since I tired it last summer and rated it much lower. PnP, no decant. Still has fig aroma and raisin flavors, but now the flavors are enhanced by blueberry jam and spice on the finish, with a touch of honey. I am conflicted on what to advise. This is my last bottle. If you have multiple bottles, my suggestion would be to try one soon, drinking a glass immediately, after a half hour, and after 1 hour. Let me knows what that tells you - I just drank my last bottle. (1024 views) | | | Tasted by CabinConnoisseur on 8/27/2017 & rated 84 points: Fig aromas dominate from an olfactory perspective.
Acidic and too hot at 15.5% alcohol. Still, almost sweet, with a raisin characteristic on the palate. Definitely not what I look for in a wine, but maybe others like it. Not a bad wine by any measure, but I doubt this is a crowd-pleaser.
Alas, I have one more bottle.... (815 views) | | | Tasted by Woodbridge Brad on 7/4/2017 & rated 86 points: For a high alcohol 15.5% Zinfandel this is quite palatable. Add an ice cube. (693 views) | | | Tasted by Beancounter55 on 3/16/2017 & rated 82 points: alcohol content knocks this one down. I love Zins especially as a weekday wine. this one is okay but not appreciably better the large production CA Zins out there for less. some upfront fruit upon tasting but the heat took away the aromas. drink it up, not one for aging. (705 views) | | | Tasted by TessaJC on 1/7/2017: Strong raisin, jammy nose. Deep garnet. Not impressive, didnt enjoy it alone. Definitely better paired w red meat. Was ok for the price but about what I expected for the price. (634 views) | | | Tasted by Woodbridge Brad on 1/1/2017 & rated 86 points: Tons of color and decent flavor but the alcohol is hot. Nice execution of a style that is not my favorite. Used in a excellent lamb daube and added a bit of 12% rose to make the end of the bottle drinkable for me. (621 views) | | | Tasted by VeniceCalif on 12/26/2016 & rated 80 points: This wine actually boasts on the label of using flash detente, so let's see how it is. Decanted 30 mins. ahead and sampled over the next 90 mins. Very deep garnet color, almost inky. Very faint nose of black fruits with a bit of spice. Tart and a bit chewy on the palate, some berry and woody-vanilla flavors, with rustic acidity. The finish is drying with greenish but light tannins. So what do we have here? A wine with deep color, almost no nose and a tart finish. Flash detente is supposed to allow you to harvest earlier and eliminate the pyrazines, but this wine suffers in the nose and acid balance. Flash Detente is the opposite of low-intervention winemaking. There are far better Lodi Zins out there for $20. (459 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Kopanski on 10/10/2015 & rated 87 points: They did a nice job of capturing the flavor nuances of the thin skinned Zinfandel grape. Super ripe 15.5% alcohol grapes with a lot more acid than you would expect at this level. Barely a hint of sweetness. Definitely some noticeable and welcome oak influence. Even a hint of tannin. A decent value for $18 in our market. (865 views) | | | Tasted by dynedain on 10/4/2015 & rated 79 points: The wine has high acidity. It smells like sherry, red currant and alcohol/hot. The body is medium. The wine finishes medium. It tastes like cranberry, tobacco, black currant (cassis) and alcohol/hot. The wine looks inky colored. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle. The wine has juicy texture. (662 views) |
| Concrete 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 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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