Rank: 1st Place Rating: 89 Approximate Price: $16 Cutting: Our first place wine in the Lodi tasting features complex raspberry, black cherry and herbal characteristics but a somewhat short finish. The Michael & David Seven Deadly Zins is our top ranked Zinfandel in our Lodi tasting. It exhibits complex raspberry, black cherry and herbal […]
Rank: 2nd Place Rating: 88 Approximate Price: $40 Cutting: A very good wine with cherry, plum, cinnamon and other baking spice aromas and flavors. The Turley Dogtown Vineyard Zinfandel from Lodi is a very good wine with cherry, plum, cinnamon and other aromas. The flavor profile includes tart cherry, plum, licorice, baking spices and […]
Rank: 3rd Place Rating: 86 Approximate Price: $18 Cutting: Nice cherry, spice and strawberry characteristics are featured in this light to medium bodied wine. The Klinker Brick Old Vine Zinfandel from Lodi exhibits nice cherry, spice and strawberry aromas and flavors. This is a light to medium bodied wine with a short to medium […]
Rank: 4th Place Rating: 84 Approximate Price: $11 Cutting: A simple wine with black cherry, red berry, pepper and tea characteristics. Black cherry, red berry, pepper and tea aromas are featured in the Kenwood Yulupa Old Vine Zinfandel from Lodi. Those characteristics are joined by plum flavors on the palate of this medium bodied […]
Rank: 5th Place Rating: 83 Approximate Price: $12 Cutting: A light simple wine with some sweet black cherry characteristics. The Peirano Estate Immortal Zin Zinfandel from Lodi is a light, simple wine with sweet black cherry, strawberry jam, rhubarb and nutty aromas. The sweet black cherry continues on the palate and is joined by […]
Lodi is located directly east of San Francisco Bay between Sacramento and Stockton and enjoys a fairly mild climate that offers hospitable conditions for growing Zinfandel grapes. Over the next several days we will taste and evaluate these five Zinfandels from Lodi. Kenwood Yulupa Old Vine Zinfandel Lodi (2007) Klinker Brick Old Vine Zinfandel […]
Rank: 1st Place Rating: 88 Approximate Price: $12 Cutting: Our Lodi Zinfandel group favorite features chocolate, black cherry, plum and wood characteristics. Windmill Estates Zinfandel Old Vine was the group favorite in our Lodi tasting. Our Zinfanatics enjoyed its chocolate, black cherry, plum and wood aromas and flavors. Some tasters also noted vanilla and spice […]
Rank: 2nd Place Rating: 89 Approximate Price: $24 Cutting: This solid spicy black cherry, blackberry and raspberry flavored wine was a favorite of several Zinfanatics. The Michael ~ David Earthquake Zinfandel features jammy black cherry, blackberry and raspberry aromas and flavors along with nice pepper and spice notes. Some tasters noted chocolate and plum characteristics […]
Rank: 3rd Place Rating: 84 Approximate Price: $13 Cutting: A wine featuring cherry and plum characteristics was a favorite of some tasters, but not of others. This is a light textured wine with cherry and plum aromas that continue on the palate along with some wood flavors. Some Zinfanatics detected unpleasant phenol, rubber or burnt […]
Rank: 4th Place (Tie) Rating: 86 Approximate Price: $15 Cutting: This smoky, spicy, black cherry and raspberry wine was a favorite of most Zinfanatics. The Brazin Zinfandel Old Vine exhibits pleasant smoky, black cherry, raspberry, spice and wood aromas and flavors. Some tasters observed cranberry, plum and cinnamon characteristics. This medium bodied wine was among […]
Rank: 4th Place (Tie) Rating: 86 Approximate Price: $13 Cutting: Very little consensus regarding this raspberry and black cherry flavored wine We resume our Lodi Zinfandel tasting results with the Swingsville Zinfandel from R & B Cellars. It features raspberry and black cherry aromas and flavors with some hints of vanilla and spice. Very nice […]
Rank: 6th Place Rating: 84 Approximate Price: $9 Cutting: A light, pleasant wine, but nothing distinctive Gnarly Head Zinfandel Old Vine from Lodi is a light wine with weak cherry and spice aromas and flavors. Some tasters observed vanilla, oak and tea characteristics. A pleasant wine, but nothing distinctive. Short finish. Gnarly Head Share/Bookmark Post […]
Summary None of the Lodi Zinfandels we tasted were considered undrinkable or bad by our Zinfanatic tasters. However, as a whole the Lodi wines are lighter and less impressive than the Sonoma County Zinfandels we tasted in May. The best of the Lodi Zinfandels from our June tasting would likely have ranked in the middle […]
Lodi is located about 30 miles south of Sacramento, just north of Stockton, in California’s Central Valley. Lodi has an exceptionally large number of old vines. Its Zinfandels are often described as light, juicy and approachable. Our second Zinfanatic tasting features the following 10 wines from the Lodi appellation, listed alphabetically: 1. Brazin Zinfandel Old […]
