Dry Creek Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane

País

United States

Região

Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Dry Creek Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201492 pts

  Blended with 19% Petite Sirah and 3% Carignane, from vines averaging 50-plus-years of age, this is a bold and brambly wine, laced in elegance. Coffee, leather and a taste of caramel are seasoned in allspice and black pepper, as persistent, sinewy tannins provide weight and heft.

• 201393 pts

  From vines averaging 95 years old, this is an impressive effort, in balance between savory, sultry overtones of peppercorn and espresso and a riper, juicier core of blackberry. Supportive acidity provides a freshness to the wine, which offers plenty of length and breadth on the…

• 201291 pts

  Zesty in black pepper and luscious in blackberry, blueberry and raspberry, the grapes are from 90-plus-year-old hillside vines. Complex and structured, it offers a balanced point of view and plenty of intrigue, simultaneously fresh and brooding.

• 201191 pts

  This is so bold and rich, it could stop a tsunami of barbacue sauce and a herd of galloping babyback ribs. They say the age of the vines is between 90–110 years. This wine is sheer lusciousness, with flavors of wild blackberries, cola and plums, along with a blueberry jam and bl…

• 200892 pts

  Few Zins are this ripe and extravagant in flavor. It delivers an explosion of blackberry and cherry preserves, mint, olive tapenade, black pepper and sandalwood flavors, plus a bunch of other things too complex to list. A terrific example of the variety, at a fair price.