The 2007 Ravenswood Napa Valley Old Vines Zinfandel is 76% Zinfandel and 24% Petite Sirah sourced from several contract vineyards in Napa Valley, California. This is the middle of Ravenswood’s line of Zinfandel, with the Vintners’ Blend as the entry level and the Single Vineyard wines on top. I found this wine selling for $9.99…
Read MoreMonastrell is what the Spanish call Mourvedre. I truly didn’t think it could stand up on its own since my previous encounters with Mourvedre were in Rhone blends and a couple mediocre dessert wines. So color me surprised by this $14.99 bold red I picked up at Evolution Wines and Spirits. The skill of the…
Read MoreThe 2010 Immortal ZIN is 100% Zinfandel sourced from Peirano Estate “old vine” vineyards located in Lodi, California. There is no legal definition for how old, “old vine” grapevines have to be. It is up to the wine producer to decide what their definition of “old vines” is, it could be 35 years old vines or…
Read MoreFreakshow – I would really love to taste her. Every time we meet. Michael David Winery – the Lodi guys who gave you Incognito, 6th Sense Syrah and Petite Petit have done it again with this beast Cab that you don’t take home to mother. This Cab with just a splash of Petite Sirah hails…
Read MoreThe 2008 Maggio Family Vineyards Old Vine Zinfandel is sourced from Estate vineyards in the Lodi grape growing AVA of California’s Central Valley. Lodi is located between the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the San Francisco Bay. The Maggio Vineyards have Zinfandel vines that are up to 120 years old, though I don’t…
Read MoreThe 2010 Peirano Estate Vineyard Malbec is 100% Malbec sourced from a single, family owned Estate vineyard located in the Lodi AVA on the northern edge of California’s Central Valley. This is Peirano Estates 3rd Malbec bottling and the Malbec grapevines are 6 years old. It takes grapevines 2 or 3 years to mature to…
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The 2010 Bogle Petite Sirah is sourced from vineyards in the Clarksburg and Lodi AVA’s in Northern California. Bogle has been making wine from Petite Sirah grapes for 33 years and Bogle is the largest winery in the Clarksburg AVA. There are only a handful of wineries in Clarksburg, with the majority the grapes shipped to…
Read MoreThe Rosenblum Vintner’s Cuvee Zinfandel is a non-vintage blend of 88% Zinfandel and 12% Petite Sirah sourced from vineyards in multiple California Zinfandel growing areas (though the bulk of the grapes came from Lodi). Rosenblum has been producing Zinfandel wines for 33 years, hence the roman numerals. This bottle is composed of Zinfandel grapes from more than…
Read MoreThe 2010 Primal Roots Red Blend is 43% Merlot, 37% Syrah and 20% Zinfandel sourced from multiple California grape growing AVA’s, though they say that 90% of the grapes came from the North Valley, which is a combination of several AVA’s from Lodi on up. The wine was aged in French oak barrels and the…
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