Very bright crystalline dark ruby/garnet. Bright, spicy black raspberry and black cherry fruit, accented with some noticeable but unobtrusive American oak. Vigorous spicy black raspberry fruit in the mouth. Some tannin clings the walls of your mouth, but it's soft. Good acids. Finish is fairly long and has some nice zing to it. Not a complex or super-deep Zin, but a total pleasure to drink either alone or with a meal. B+. Was $16.99 at Houston Wine Merchant.
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, November 05, 2011
2007 Lolonis ZINFANDEL (Redwood Valley, Mendocino County)
Very bright crystalline dark ruby/garnet. Bright, spicy black raspberry and black cherry fruit, accented with some noticeable but unobtrusive American oak. Vigorous spicy black raspberry fruit in the mouth. Some tannin clings the walls of your mouth, but it's soft. Good acids. Finish is fairly long and has some nice zing to it. Not a complex or super-deep Zin, but a total pleasure to drink either alone or with a meal. B+. Was $16.99 at Houston Wine Merchant.
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