Bella Lily Hill Estate Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Zinfandel

País

United States

Região

Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Dry Creek Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201292 pts

  Bright, distinctive fruit impressions pop through a layer of smoke and bacon aromas as this full-bodied but balanced wine opens up. Jazzy flavors like raspberry and cranberry meld with bass notes like blackberry as firm tannins and good acidity give it great structure, too.

• 201090 pts

  Blended with a little Petite Sirah, this is fruitier than your average Dry Creek Zin, with jammy raspberry and cherry flavors. But it has the variety's peppery spices and that briary, brambly character that suggests freshly picked summer berries. Great with Szechuan beef.

• 200888 pts

  A good example of a ripe, robust Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel. It's huge in extracted blackberries, blueberries, chocolate and currants, with all kinds of tangy baking spices. Almost too much of a good thing, but Zin lovers will exult.

• 200787 pts

  This big, thick, oaky Zinfandel is powerful in flavor and not particularly subtle. It overwhelms with truckloads of blackberry and cherry jam, stewed plums, chocolate, mocha, pepper and cedar, and stings the palate with hard, astringent tannins and heat. The suggestion is ageabi…

• 200693 pts

  A beautiful wine that brims with rich varietal character and shows off how well Dry Creek Valley grows Zinfandel. Floods the mouth with soft, polished flavors of blackberries, cherries, currants, mocha and anise, but especially crushed black pepper. A worthy followup to the grea…

• 200594 pts

  If you want to understand the essence of Dry Creek Valley Zinfandal, taste this wine. It's absolutely classic. Shows the region's balance, power and elegance. From the wild blackberry, raspberry, fig and tangerine zest fruit, to the clove, white pepper and anise spices, to the f…