
An idiosyncratic journal of wines I buy from a mix of Internet sources and retailers in the Northern Virginia/D.C. area. Mostly inexpensive and moderately-priced stuff, reflecting my frugal New England roots. Cent anni!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
2007 Mazzocco "West Dry Creek" ZINFANDEL Reserve (Cal.)
A luxurious wine. No other way to say it.
Dark, sedate black ruby color. Rich, voluptuous, sexy nose of sweet, smoky balsa wood and oodles of ripe, oozing blackberries, along with warm, baking spice-inflected sandstone. Richly-fruited, dense, full, and velvety soft in the mouth, with mouth-filling, deep-toned berry fruit and a deep-toned minerality in the back half of the palate. Loads of very soft tannin buried underneath. Very hedonistic. A. Drink this over the next one to two years. My brother and sister-in-law got this direct from the winery and gave it to me, so I didn't have to pay the high-price tag this commands. Thanks, guys.

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