Atypical for an Alexander Valley Zin, but really good! I usually expect Alexander Valley Zins to be loamy/earthy and have sultry, low-toned ripe fruit. This one is big and athletic, with surprisingly good acidity. It still needs a year or two to settle down.Almost fully-saturated black ruby. Big nose of tangy, ripe blackberries and a resiny earthy note. Mouthfilling and muscular, this wine has both very full body and tangy acidity, along with some noticeable tannin, giving it a very youthful, disjointed mouthfeel at present. But it is very concentrated and long in the mouth, with tangy ripe black raspberry fruit and lots of clean, stony minerality. Very very good. A- now, with the possibility of a full "A" in a year or two. Was $26.99 from Winex.com.
BTW, I haven't had anything but exemplary Zins from this Zinfandel specialist. Their wines are always worth trying, in my view.
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