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This is a Primitivo coming from the Columbia Valley AVA. On first taste, you experience the passion that goes into this wine. On entry, ripe blackberries, violets and pepper entice the palette—it is soft and pretty with a spicy, captivating edge that keeps you coming back for more. This high-octane wine blows the competition away—excellent [...]

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This is the third vintage in a row of this particular Zinfandel from Four Vines in Paso Robles, CA that I have ecstatically consumed. Stepping it up a notch from the 06 and 07 vintage the 2008 cuvee has zinhead appeal that should have wine stewards and sommeliers clamoring to get it on their shelves [...]

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The 2006 Ridge Caboose Nervo Vineyard Zinfandel from Sonoma is extremely brambly, ripe and jammy. It will knock your socks off from the get go. Give it a little breathing time and it will reward you for your patience. Upon opening, it has an immense blackberry color with flavors to match. Boysenberry, licorice, and cigar [...]

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After tasting in several different circumstances and going back in forth on how much I liked this wine, I finally settled on a positive note. When tasted at an outdoor manager’s reception at the Monterey Bay Plaza Hotel amid a strong sea odor the wine did not perform as I had expected. Other colleagues agreed [...]

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A serious wine worth contemplating—big and complex, representing the zinfandel varietal in a way that only a few producers can accomplish. The aroma of cedar is present with fresh vanilla bean and ripe plum. In the beginning of the tasting profile, there is an assault on all olfactory senses; texture, smell, and taste are all [...]

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Opening aromas are exactly what you would want in a Dry Creek Zinfandel; well almost! This is a sophisticated Zinfandel and it’s fine quality distracts from the character that zinfandel used to stand for. Not to say that is a bad thing it just makes it difficult to pair culinary applications for specific results. After [...]

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