The Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County represents the heart of Zinfandel country. Join us over the next several days as we taste and rank these five Dry Creek Valley Zinfandels: 1. Bella Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley (2007) 2. Ferrari-Carano Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley (2007) 3. Rancho Zabaco Reserve Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley (2007) […]
Rank: 1st Place Rating: 95 Approximate Price: $28 Cutting: Our Contra Costa County tasting winner is a spectacular, complex wine with lovely raspberry, cassis, cocoa, chocolate and spice characteristics plus a long finish highlighting cola notes. The Neyers Pato Vineyard Zinfandel from Contra Costa County is a spectacular, complex wine featuring lovely raspberry, cassis, cocoa, […]
Rank: 2nd Place Rating: 92 Approximate Price: $34 Cutting: A great wine with briary black cherry, coffee, smoke, blueberry, spice, pepper and licorice characteristics along with a wonderful long finish. Turley’s Duarte Contra Costa County Zinfandel is a great wine with briary black cherry, coffee and smoky aromas plus blueberry, spice, pepper and licorice flavors. […]
Rank: 3rd Place Rating: 94 Approximate Price: $22 Cutting: An exceptional, complex wine featuring blueberry, cassis, cocoa, coffee and spice characteristics. The Rosenblum Planchon Vineyard Zinfandel from Contra Costa County is an exceptional, complex wine featuring an array of blueberry, cassis, cocoa, coffee and spice aromas and flavors. The beautiful long finish adds licorice, cola, […]
Rank: 4th Place Rating: 92 Approximate Price: $25 Cutting: This fruit forward wine displays raspberry, blackberry, vanilla, licorice and pepper characteristics along with a lovely long finish. The Cline Bridgehead Zinfandel from Contra Costa County features raspberry, blackberry, vanilla, licorice and pepper aromas and flavors. This fruit forward wine is medium textured and has a […]
Rank: 5th Place Rating: 89 Approximate Price: $15 Cutting: A terrific wine, in spite of the fifth place ranking, featuring briary raspberry, blackberry, licorice and cocoa characteristics. The fact that the Rosenblum Zinfandel from Contra Costa County finished fifth in our tasting is testament to the excellence of all five wines. This is a terrific […]
Contra Costa County is not widely known as a leading wine growing location. However, this Bay Area County located east of San Francisco is producing some great Zinfandels. Contra Costa County Zinfandels are sometimes described as having plum, cherry, licorice and chocolate characteristics. Check back in the next few days as we taste and rank […]
Rank: 1st Place Rating: 95 Approximate Price: $28 Cutting: Our Contra Costa County tasting winner is a spectacular, complex wine with lovely raspberry, cassis, cocoa, chocolate and spice characteristics plus a long finish highlighting cola notes. The Neyers Pato Vineyard Zinfandel from Contra Costa County is a spectacular, complex wine featuring lovely raspberry, cassis, cocoa, […]
Rank: 2nd Place Rating: 92 Approximate Price: $34 Cutting: A great wine with briary black cherry, coffee, smoke, blueberry, spice, pepper and licorice characteristics along with a wonderful long finish. Turley’s Duarte Contra Costa County Zinfandel is a great wine with briary black cherry, coffee and smoky aromas plus blueberry, spice, pepper and licorice flavors. […]
