April 10, 2024 - Lovely rose. Think if somebody in Provence grew Zinfandel, and made a wonderful dry rose. Went very well with a salad Nicoise. Yum
March 26, 2024 - What a fun wine!
Went into this completely blind. Don’t know the producer, and skeptical of wine made in an urban jungle. Don’t know white zin: was expecting a white wine, if that tells you anything about my familiarity with the style.
Corked riddled with diamonds, so off the bat I’m excited about the cellar management, and minimal touch of the winemaker. Poured a beautiful clear pink (had a neck filter to hold back the tartrates). Smelled of flint? petrol? snap pops? In a rose? Wtf? Yes please! Aroma alone leads me to aged riesling, or young sun soaked new world riesling from leaf pruned vines. Either way it is full of converted carotenoids, and unexpected fun. Yet again, it’s pink? Mind blown!
Crisp, juicy, high acidity. Unripe peach. Medium body… is it residual sugar? Not sticky or cloying, but does seem to have some rs that both round out the body, and counterbalances the acid. Makes it infinitely drinkable. Again, like a well made riesling. But its pink! Finish is medium+. The acid draws out the finish and the fruit quickly fades while the lingering petrol/TDN coats the tongue and outlives the fruit.
Not sure this is a wine for the masses. Actually, I am sure this is NOT a wine for the masses. But it sure as hell is better made than wine for the masses, and is extremely fun, satisfying, and dangerously crushable. No clue how age worthy this is. The tertiary notes are already present in spades while the acid is near perfectly balanced as of Mar 2024 (three years in?)… so no need to wait! Of course, I’ll hide a few for the sake of science, especially after my wtf moment led me to look up white zin. This is not the white zin I read about. This is seriously fun wine!
Addendum: seeing some discussion on brett. I’m not seeing it at this point. I LOVE brett, and am pretty tuned to it. Decades of drinking lambic will do that to you. Will follow this over time, and would love love love to see brett develop: I’m of the do not fear brett camp. Just not seeing brett right now. TDN for sure. But not brett.
March 15, 2024 - Know anyone who poo pops rose or white Zinfandel? Get this in their life and watch them change their tune right quick. Incredible.
December 26, 2023 - Dry rose, light salmon color. Slightly reductive flint. Acid driven, strawberry as well as some savory notes. Adam makes some of the most interesting and unique wines in CA today- I mean, high quality white zin?! Great value to boot.
July 5, 2023 - Opened on July 4th- what's more American than white Zinfandel?! Beautiful coppery salmon color. Nose of fresh sweet berry fruits- strawberries, lingonberries, a touch of cranberries. The nose becomes a bit more funky/cheesy as it takes on air. On the palate- light in body, medium acidity, no tannins to speak of. Flavors again lead with lovely fresh strawberries and cream, a touch of blood orange, and a funkiness that becomes more pronounced as the wine warms up a bit. I realize the funkiness is from Brett I don't like it when wine has Brett, but it minimal here and this is thoroughly enjoyable. I'd happy buy/drink more. Well done! U-S-A! U-S-A!
June 11, 2023 - Pours orange with a hint of salmon. Nose of peaches and strawberries with a funk to it. Trying to put my finger on it, but it is reminding us of wet raw grains. Getting past that funk leads to a fantastic rose.
Medium light bodied, dry, high acidity, and a medium structure. Palate of tart peach and strawberry lemonade with limestone and a bit of yeast. As it warms, it develops notes of blood oranges. Some tannins are present and rooibos tea notes develop. Medium tart lemon, limestone, and rooibos tea finish. At the very end, I get some gunflint that holds on.
This is a White Zin that I can totally get behind and might have to order some more.
June 4, 2023 - Here's an interesting old-world style white zinfandel. Ample fruit and a little more weight than your typical rose. There is a funk to this wine that built with time. It might be brett, I'm not sure. At this point, its a feature rather than a flaw, but time will tell.
May 28, 2023 - wow what a cool wine. very slightly oxidative, flavors of rooibos tea and gummy life savers and kind of just weird savory fruit. love it!
May 13, 2023 - This needed a little time to blow off a little spritz, but once it did, it was a delightful mid-weight rose - very good acidity, nicely spicy, a mix of citrus (including pith) and peach and tart strawberry, good texture. I'd recommend letting this come up closer to room temperature rather than drinking it close to fridge temp.
April 10, 2023 - Beautiful melon, pith, and plenty of acid on the palate. Poured thin and pale, but gained color and heft in the glass over an hour. Totally drinkable, interesting, and well-made. I'm really happy to have stumbled on to this one!