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The 2007 Mendocino is a little different from past vintages. Instead of being dominated by cherry aromas, this leans
more towards a mixed bowl of berries. The other interesting point is an aroma like a rustic mountain cabin with fresh red
meat and spices being prepared for dinner and then freshly baked wild berry pies for dessert - of course the wood stove
damper is not working well so there is a little smoke in the room...
The tannins are soft and supple, but the acidity comes through with a bit more acid structure than in past vintages and
stays with you till the cows come home. We always add a little Syrah and Petite Sirah for the mid palate, filling in the
hole of the donut, but this year it is a little more pronounced in the flavors and aromas, hence the gamey and meatiness
underneath all the mixed fruits.
With aging the wine should evolve into a very layered and complex Zinfandel, with toast and spice from the oak picking
up in intensity and the creaminess becoming more apparent after a few years.
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Five Stars (Exceptional)
"The Mendo bottling is fleshy and full bodied, with intense fruit character and a long finish. It tastes of plum, cherry, blackberry, toast, spicy oak, and raspberry. Great value."
Restaurant Wine - 1/09
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Click the screen above to view a video
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| Price: $31.00
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The Zeni Zinfandels are almost always old-world style wines. The 2006 has a lot of earthiness and dark brooding aromas
that are not often found in Zinfandel. Deep raspberries, cassis and creamy oak embody an old-world funkiness of smoked meats, cedar box and forest. This is a powerhouse wine: concentrated and intense — a dark, brooding beast of a wine with layers of funk. It should be reserved only for wild nights when the moon is full.
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"Tasty."
"Flavors led by cherry, cranberry, and rhubarb and laced with fine tannin and nice acidity. It finishes long and medium-broad. Well balanced, structured, and integrated."
Colorado Wine News - 7/09
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| This wine has a bit of a split personality. From the young vines we get a healthy dose of youthful angst – dark dense and brooding, kinda like your 15-year-old nephew. But on the flip side it shows a mature, powerful body structure – wise beyond its years. The combination is intense. Look for an overload of wild blueberries, dark chocolate and dried cherries, with an underbelly of vanilla bean, toast and spice. This is a true mountain Zin.
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Four 1/2 Stars
"Ripe and full bodied, this is a supple, well balanced Zin, with cherry and blackberry aromas/flavors, and overtones of raspberry, spicy oak. vanilla, and aniseed."
Restaurant Wine - 12/08
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| The aromas are more like cranberries this year than cherries, and the intensity of perfume would suggest Pinot Noir instead of Zinfandel. Pretty, tart cherry flavors linger on the palate, which makes me wonder how long it has been since we bottled this wine with this low of alcohol. The color might be lighter than past vintages, but the brightness in fruit and intensity of flavors makes up for the lighter appearance. The mouthwatering finish makes you want to tip up the glass without the caution normally given to Zinfandel. |
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"Opens with chocolate, cinnamon, smoky black tea, blackberry jam, and sweet dark cherry. Bright, juicy flavors accented with light tannin. The medium-broad, medium-long finish shows increasing pepper and ground cinnamon."
Colorado Wine News - 7/09
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The Perli Vineyard Zin is composed with multiple varieties, creating a Zin that leans more toward a Claret in style. Bramble
berries and spice are the predominant aromas, but you can also find hints of toffee, fresh flowers, chocolate and nectarines.
The flavors are soft and supple with loads of cherries interlaced with berries, finished with stone fruits and an aftertaste
approaching infinity or at least until you take another sip.
Click the screen above to view a video
of Van talking about the Perli Zinfandel.
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"This is a powerfully explosive Zin. Fully dry, it's packed with black currant, cassis, plum jam, dark chocolate and spice flavors that are wrapped into hard tannins."
Wine Enthusiast - 4/09
"This zin ripened to lush blackberry and fig flavors. It's enriched by oak, smooth and supple, delicious sweet. Catch it as a young wine with roast squab or other game birds."
Wine & Spirits - 3/09
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| Piffero’s perfumed black cherry fruit is the first aroma out of the glass, but the rhubarb pie aroma is a close second. The bright fruit flavors combine with darker aromas of an evergreen forest and mint followed by dark chocolate and coffee. The 2005 vintage shows great structure and smooth chalky tannins, with a long salted apple finish. The wine has concentrated layers of spice and oak influences of toasty vanillin. After tasting the wine, it makes you want to go out and get a piece of pie – rubarb, cherry or an italian pizza pie |
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| 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
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Think cherries … loads of ’em. Chocolate-covered cherries, dried Bing cherries, candied cherries, perfumed cherries. Mendocino Zin may be known for cherry and berry flavors, but this bottling is over the top, with cherry bursting out in all directions, topped with a rich toasty oak bouquet with a touch of butterscotch. Bold … and big, with excellent cellaring potential for five to ten years.
Click the screen above to view a video
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"The 2005 Zinfandel Chase Vineyard has an intense black cherry and raspberry nose, a dark ruby/purple-tinged color, surprisingly full body and depth, and is quite a complete wine, even in such a difficult vintage."
Robert M. Parker Jr., Wine Advocate - 12/07
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$15.00
375mL - Half Bottle |
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| Raspberries and cinnamon spice forms the core of the aromatics with slight volatile acidity brightening up the
overall aromas and adding a zing to the finish, which is sweet on entry but ends with mouthwatering acidity.
Underlying aromas of nectarines and peaches match the stone fruit flavors on the palate and the peach pit finish. The
aftertaste is long lasting and makes you want another sip. A refreshing late harvest wine that would be great with
cheese plates and dark chocolate bars. |
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