From a vineyard planted in the early 1990s, this is a brambly, somewhat savory wine with raspberry and black currant fruit and a little smoked duck fat. The finish isn’t particularly long but the tannins are smooth. At 14.2% alcohol, it’s restrained winemaking of fruit from a pretty warm canyon.
Bella, Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County, California) Zinfandel 2008
By W. Blake Gray