Zinfandels

Dark ruby at the center with a bouquet offering scents of raspberries and blueberries permeated by notes of cloves, lavender and graphite, and then, very lightly, a sort of red cherry licorice-cigarette paper element that lends a welcome sense of delicacy. This wine is quite dry but flavorful along the spiced and macerated red and black berry and plum range, and it’s powered by vibrant acidity for propulsive energy. Tannins, on the other hand, feeling carved from dusty underbrush, briers and brambles, are tranquil, deeply set and inexorable.  Reserve: May 12, 2023

An elegant westside vintage of Zinfandel grown by the Bonotto Family. Exhilarating fruit showing characteristics of Red and Black fruit. On the front Raspberry, Red  Cherry come across the palate. Once this Zinfandel has moved to the back of your palate a show of Black Berry, Dark Plum and Date start to explode, all the time wrap with a rich Blueberry nose, Dry Sandalwood, soft Vanilla-edged Cherry/Huckleberry, bolstered by fine, tight-knit tannins.