Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel Zinfandel 2007

Red
Category of Wine: Red
Country : United States
Region: California
Varietal: Zinfandel
Winery: Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel
Vintage: 2007
Price of Wine (USD): $24.49
Description:
Dirty Kiwi fruits, kirsch liqueur, slight pepper box-pucker, but when open ist much much more agreeable and quite civilized Bing cherry notes to almost raspberry open. Must have time to open 2 heures at very minimal. ..which leads one to believe has some 5-10 year age potential...and look for magnums, ja?

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes for Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel Zinfandel 2007

Ancient Vines Zinfandel from Cline's wide selection of historic Zin vineyards located e Contra Costa County, California more than 100 years old. That be ancient, yes? And a fine effort & source it is. Initial whiffs green juneberry and petrol rusty resin from a Fiat 500 or Dirty Kiwi fruits, woody stem and punctuation pucker. But when opened ist morphs into soft kirsch liqueur, slight pepper box, and ist much much more agreeable and quite civilized Bing cherry notes to almost raspberry sweetness. Slide into soft home plate and quite civilized finish. Must have time to open 2 heures at very minimal, o thou of impatience . ..which leads one to believe has some 5-10 year age potential...and look for magnums, ja?
Wine Rating: 
88