An old vine Zinfandel, this wine is fairly strong in the attack but the taste and swallow are a bit milder. It's not as berry-ific as your usual Zin, but still enjoyable. I believe the winemaker said the vines were 70 years old.
Dashe 2006 Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley
Tasting Notes - This is exploding with blackberry and cherry kirsch flavors. The nose is dominated by blackberry, cherry liqueur, chocolate, clove, walnuts, and sweet vanilla. Quite sweet, hot, and luscious on the midpalate, it has a creamy...
2006 Dashe Dry Creek Zinfandel
One star from the Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine: ""There is plenty to like in the deep and outgoing aromas of this sturdy and keenly defined youngster, yet once in the mouth, it is a bit crude and rough at the edges. Happily, its sins are those of youth rather ...
Dashe 2006 Dry Creek Zinfandel Wine
This wine is so lovely, with its perfumed aromas of violets, black raspberry, clove, and pepper that we think it might be considered one of the most fruit-forward and intense Dry Creek zinfandels that we have yet produced. Taste:Gobs of black raspberry and concentrated cherry fruit, black current, chocolate, clove ...
2006 Dashe Dry Creek Late Harvest Zinfandel 375ml
This Late Harvest Zinfandel comes from Dry Creek's Bella Vineyard, known for the complexity, intensity and acidity of their fruit. Clear and focused this wine walks the line of sweetness, never becoming cloying and finishing clean, crisp with a hint of sweetness. Lower vine yields in 2006 mean there is ...
Dashe 2003 Big River Vineyard Zinfandel Wine Dashe doesn't know why the Zinfandel vines at the Big River Ranch - just a few miles southeast of the town of Healdsburg - produce such inky-black, concentrated wines, but they certainly recognized from the start that this vineyard was sure to produce one of their very best Zinfandels. These ...
Dashe 2005 Todd Brothers Ranch Zinfandel Wine
Blend: 99% Zinfandel, 1% Petite Sirah Color: Purple-black Aroma: Intense blackberry, cassis, and chocolate, followed by subtle aromas of perfumed lavender and violet, alongwith anise, and roasted coffee Taste: Very viscous and mouthfilling, with complex flavors of blackberry, black raspberry and cassis fruit, followedby chocolate, coffee, and clove spice. Quite ...
Dashe 2006 Zinfandel Alexander Valley Todd Brothers Ranch Old Vines
Tasting Notes - The 2006 vintage was a big, rich, and yet balanced vintage one of our favorites. This year s Todd Brothers Zinfandel is extremely lush, seductive wine that is both packed with flavors and extremely balanced. It goes incredibly well with grilled foods, rich sauces, and complex flavors. ...
