Dark ruby garnet. Medium intensity, inviting nose of warm vanilla, spicy blackberries, and salty, stony minerals. Soft and fruity, lots of up-front blackberry fruit, along with a striking saline minerality. Good acidity and a fair amount of tannin in the finish. Good, not great concentration, and a medium-long, dry finish. Solid B. I got this for $14 and change at Spec's on Weslayan.
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!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
2007 Fritz ZINFANDEL (Dry Creek Valley, Cal.)
Dark ruby garnet. Medium intensity, inviting nose of warm vanilla, spicy blackberries, and salty, stony minerals. Soft and fruity, lots of up-front blackberry fruit, along with a striking saline minerality. Good acidity and a fair amount of tannin in the finish. Good, not great concentration, and a medium-long, dry finish. Solid B. I got this for $14 and change at Spec's on Weslayan.
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