Red
Ellie's Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Zinfandel
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma
- Appellation
- Dry Creek Valley
- Alcohol
- 14.6%
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
barbecue · grilled meats · Tex-Mex cuisine
Rated vintages
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200983 pts
A simple Zinfandel, with sweet, spicy pie filling berry and cherry flavors. It has some extra features of minerality that are interesting, but it's still fundamentally one-dimensional.
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200887 pts
A lusty, spicy Zin, born to partner with barbecue. It's powerful, high in alcohol and massive in baked blackberries and cherries, milk chocolate, red licorice, bacon and mounds of black pepper.
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200786 pts
Soft and fruity, a gently tannic, easy and slightly sweet Zinfandel to drink now with barbecue and beef tacos. It's filled with jammy blackberries, cherries, black raspberries, chocolate and spices.
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200582 pts
The official alcohol is only 14.6%, not all that high, but the wine has a hot, Porty mouthfeel. It also tastes of overripe raisins, and finishes with a burning, chili pepper quality.