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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2013 (based on 7 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.4 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 38 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by martincw on 11/15/2016: Three years after last date for drinking. Shame, and clearly past its best, but still drinkable. (1762 views) | | | Tasted by martincw on 11/15/2016: Three years after last drinking date, and clearly past its best, but still drinkable. (1788 views) | | | Tasted by SC OLY on 5/26/2014 & rated 86 points: A little on the light side for a zin. (3012 views) | | | Tasted by ddmhunter on 4/8/2012 & rated 88 points: Nice for the price. Good fruit in the nose. First taste is lush and it lingers well. But it does lack the depth and finish of the better
OV Zins we have had. (4649 views) | | | Tasted by hubas on 3/5/2012 & rated 90 points: Very smooth and elegant with very long and excellent after taste. A very interesting Zin. (4821 views) | | | Tasted by bjamesclark on 2/3/2012 & rated 88 points: Clear ruby color with medium-high viscosity.
With a decant the nose opens with Blackberry, black pepper spice and vanilla aromas. Edgy with with a slight herbal note with faint hints of mint.
The palate is a little lean but has pleasant flavors of cherry, blackberry and spice. good grip and med/short finish. (3443 views) | | | Tasted by mikev101 on 9/19/2011 & rated 88 points: Very pleasant Zinfandel. After one-hour decant - Spicy, peppery and nicely balanced. Great QPR (3904 views) | | | Tasted by sfg23 on 5/1/2011 & rated 87 points: Consistent with last note (2698 views) | | | Tasted by sfg23 on 3/28/2011 & rated 87 points: Decent Zin, but I like the Bogle Old Vine Zin better for less money. Heavy on the alcohol, better decanted. Enjoyed it with Italian. After dinner, started to taste a little metallic, still had nice spice and berry flavor with a short finish. (2127 views) | | | Tasted by Jkardos on 2/18/2011 & rated 88 points: Nice spice. Cherry and blackberry. Drank over 2 nights and held up well. Good value zin. (2306 views) | | | Tasted by mmoss on 1/14/2011 & rated 87 points: Very solid bottle for under $13. Lots of tannins and a little bit of spice. Maybe could use just a bit more time to become more rounded. (2320 views) | | | Tasted by drdebs on 11/19/2010 & rated 90 points: Great example of a California Zinfandel, with faint blackberry aromas. The flavors are much more rich: blackberry, pepper, spice, baking chocolate. Pepper and spice on the short finish. Drink 2010-2013 (2447 views) | | | Tasted by AndersonWoodinvilleWines on 11/5/2010 & rated 89 points: very nice zin. Subtle fruit and cola flavors. Some pepper and spice. Nice with pan seared ribeye/Caesar salad. Equally nice sipping by itself after dinner. Great for the sale price. (2608 views) | | | Tasted by Xfactor on 6/5/2010 & rated 87 points: Bright black cherry nose, tart cherry palate, light acidic finish. (2533 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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(Rodney Strong Knotty Vines Zinfandel, Sonoma County red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Szabo, MS
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Tom Klein
Proprietor
A fourth generation California farmer, Tom earned a business degree from Stanford and spent the first part of his career as a management consultant at the San Francisco office of the prestigious global management firm McKinsey & Company. One project during this time was evaluating a small winery in the Russian River Valley called Rodney Strong Vineyards and, in a chance meeting, he was introduced to founder Rod Strong and winemaker Rick Sayre. Already developing an interest in wine, this encounter planted a seed that would grow into a lifelong passion.
Rick Sayre
Head Winemaker
Rick began his winemaking career at the age of 19 as an assistant winemaker and cellar master at Simi Winery in Sonoma County. He had the opportunity to train under the world-renowned winemaster André Tchelistcheff, who instilled in his young trainee a deep passion for the art of winemaking and a desire to not only master his craft, but continually push the boundaries of creativity. “André taught me that a winemaker must live with his wine,” Rick recalls, “from walking the vineyards to the careful craft of guiding the wine into bottle. Even the smallest details can have a lasting effect.”
When Rod Strong decided to take a step back from the demanding role of winemaker, he called upon Rick Sayre, who joined the team at Rodney Strong Vineyards in 1979. In more than three decades in the cellars, Rick has guided the wine collection to include world-class Reserve, Symmetry and Single-Vineyard releases, an outstanding line of Estate wines and best-in-class Sonoma County wines that continue to please vintage after vintage. His voracious appetite for new winemaking knowledge has taken him around the world, including trips to the wine regions of France, Australia, New Zealand and Spain
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 County |
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