Purple in color. Clear and bright. The nose is nice with dusty black cherries and slight volatile acidity. On the palate, this is slightly sweet with slight tannins. Ripe black cherry fruit. Really delicious and drinking quite well right now. Just getting to a mature claret style zinfandel. Easily has a decade more of good drinking. Food friendly.
It's not often one gets to drink an aged Schrader and they are so good and get opened young. What pleasure. Actually, this is still youthful but getting closer to full maturity. Purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is great with cassis, cedar, sandalwood, chocolate and leather. Full bodied. Medium tannins. On the palate, this is delicious. It unwinds in the glass to show layers of cassis, some black cherries along with cigar tobacco, leather and char. Great balance. Long finish. It can certainly be consumed now but a few hours in a decanter would help. Drink over the nex
My first time trying this. I suspect that many who do give it the benefit of the doubt due to the name. Tasted blind, I was unimpressed. It's fine enough but mothing more. Pink/copper in color, clear and bright. The nose has strawberries with a slight decomposing fruit note. On the palate, this is think, light bodied with a slight strawberry notes. Dry. Slight tartness on the finish. 12% abv. This probably should be consumed over the next year. It will work better with food and would work with almost any food although the tartness might be an issue for a steak.