Red
Newsome-Harlow Shake Ridge Ranch Zinfandel (Amador County)
Amador County · Sierra Foothills · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Zinfandel, Petite Sirah
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Amador County · Sierra Foothills
- Appellation
- Amador County
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
churrasco · carnes de caça · ensopados · queijos duros
Rated vintages
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201194 pts
Darker and more brooding than many of Newsome-Harlow's other single-vineyard bottlings in the 2011 vintage, the Shake Ridge is mighty in black pepper and dark chocolate, silky and voluptuous with mellowed tannins. Blended with 8% Petite Sirah, the ranch's Zin clones include Mont…
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200991 pts
Newsome-Harlow's Shake Ridge is true to its famous Foothills vineyard source year after year and 2009 is no exception. The wine is a little muted at first, gamey even, with looming, site-specific, tarry structure. Give it a rest and it should open up in beautiful ways, its big,…