Variety: Zinfandel
Region: California
Country: United States
Year: 2008
Price: $12.95
Wine Review:
90 Points. With a brilliant ruby color, this Zinfandel blend has intriguing aromas of wild raspberry, smoky cedar, strawberry jam, clove spice, and white pepper. You can tell this comes from an old vineyard in the Amador Foothills. There is a noticeable brambly spice with dark currants, candied cranberry, wild strawberry, dark caramel, cinnamon roll, and savory rhubarb. The finish lingers with toasted marshmallow, plum sauce, tamarind, and black cherry. -A review from the Madison Wine Exchange (http://www.madisonwinexchange.com/sku18603.html)
My review:
Smell - The first flavor I could pick out in this wine was heavy cinnamon. I also got a lot of dark berries like black cherry and blackberry. The smell also had a lot of spices backed into it. I could even smell a hint of a dark coco. Overall the smell had a lot going on, which made it really interesting.
Taste -On the palate, I got heavy cinnamon, just like in the nose. I also could taste the dark berries in the mid-palate. This wine was really spicy. I could taste lots of black pepper. It was also quite tannic. The finish was almost smokey. I decanted this wine too. As it aged and more oxygen was let in, it became more fruity and less tannic. The cinnamon and coco flavors struck through more after it was decanted too.
I tasted this wine with pork barbeque. The meat seemed to meal in your mouth with this wine. However, when tasting this wine with the pork and a slightly spicy sauce, the wine enhanced the spiciness. It was a crazy sensation! Overall, this wine was quite good after decanting for about 5-6 hours. I would definitely recommend eating this with pork barbeque as well. Delicious!
Also, enjoy the fancy photo with the wine bottle, decanter, and glasses!
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