Montevina Vineyards Montevina Terra d'Oro Deaver 100 Year-Old Vine Zinfandel 2005

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Winery:

Montevina Winery Terra d'Oro

Varietal:

Zinfandel

Region:

USA > California

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User Tags:  spicy, oak, resinous, sweet sauces, stone fruits, red, alcohol imbalance, sours, deep, plum 

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What to Expect

Zinfandel is considered America's own great indigenous grape, even though its origins lie on the Adriatic coast. Planted throughout California and the Pacific Northwest, Zinfandel is at its best in warm regions with cooler temperatures during harvest. The wines can range from off-dry Rosés, White Zinfandels, and light bistro styled wines, to big, rich powerful wines - even luscious wines for dessert bottling. The flavors range from plummy to raspberry, although deep blackberry fruit and brambly spice tones are most common.

Editorial Reviews

Gregory-
Dal Piaz

Hand of Snooth Voice of Snooth

7,130

Soft and quite spicy on the nose with cracked pepper, dry baked earth, hot chalk and stone notes adding depth to the vanilla tinged red plum and sour cherry pie. A lurking floral tone gains in the glass. The sweetly fruited attack yields to a gentle mid-palate that features good yet unobtrusive structure for the very spicy red fruits in the strawberry/cranberry end of the spectrum. This is quite fresh with a touch of melon on the back end and there is a subtle custardy, vanilla vein that leads out to the very cherried finish with a touch of spicy red hots and spiced cranberry sauce on the final. Perhaps read more...a touch too easy but with broad based appeal. 88pts.    (hide)

November 2008

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