2016 Bedrock Wine Co. Zinfandel Esola Vineyard, USA, California, Amador, Wine Review

Another winner from Bedrock. Purple in color with some ruby hues, mostly opaque and bright. The nose is nice with black cherries, brambles, black pepper, and an interesting beef stew note. Medium bodied. On the palate, fresh black cherry fruit (almost but not quite pie filling) with some black pepper and just a hint of bramble. Lots of energy and lights on its feet. Long finish. This is drinking well now and should conitnue for seven to ten more years. Nice on its own, this would work with lots of comfort foods; pizza, man and cheese, and burgers.

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A-

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Vintage:

2016

Current Price:

$40.00USD

Top Ten California Zinfandels - 2016

I tend to taste and drink a lot of wine over the course of a year. I am in a few tasting groups, sometimes the wines are consumed at various local wine store tastings and a number drunk with friends and family.

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Wines to Go Buy This Week: "Comfort Wines" - A Zinfandel by Glenn Hawk and Tulip Hill's Cabepulciano (yeah you read that right)

I live in San Francisco and January weather here means 50 degrees and rain. Constant bone-chilling rain, or so it seems. And before the rest of America emails to remind me how good I have it and how freaking cold it is in New York or Ohio or whatever other frozen tundra they call home, I'm just gonna say that when you are cold, you are cold, and comfort food -and comfort wine- goes a long way towards warming your heart when Old Man Winter starts to have his way with you. So with this in mind, I bring you two comfort wines you should go buy this week. Glenn Hawk Zinfandel - I typically don't gravitate to Zinfandel. I associate Zins with "cocktail wines", that is, wines that are delicious for a few sips of a single glass but can be a bit too fruity and overwhelming for those of us who tend towards enjoying multiple glasses. So I don't recommend many Zinfandels simply because I don't drink many of them. Every once in a while I stumble back down the Zinfandel path and am reminded of how good the varietal can be. I recently tried the 2009 Glenn Hawk Zinfandel from Livermore Valley (just south of Napa in the shadow of Mt. Diablo).

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Dashe Cellars: Making Zinfandel in Oakland

The wine business is a fickle mistress. Winery owners and winemakers chase elusive scores, the public makes buying decisions based on movies, hype and price, and critics seem to applaud fruit laden, high octane wines. So where does that leave Dashe Cellars in Oakland, CA? Right where they want to be.

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2016 Bedrock Wine Co. Zinfandel Limerick Lane, USA, California, Sonoma, Wine Review

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2016

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One of the better single vineyard Bedrock Zinfandels. While this could age well for a decade or more, there is something about the energy and fruit of consuming them young. It just depends on what you like. Purple in color. The nose is great with black raspberries, black cherries, spice and bramble. On the palate, there is some black raspberry but a bit of strawberry in the back ground. Underlying some smoke/fireworks. Great texture. Delicious wine that makes it hard not to gulp. This will work with BBQ, meat dishes or pizza and roasted vegetables. Think fun. But if this is not y

2019 Bedrock Wine Co. Old Vine Zinfandel, USA, California, Wine Review

Vintage:

2019

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A-

Current Price:

$20.00USD

This is such an excellent Zinfandel, it would be really great to let some age. But, given the price and how good it drinks so young, these seem to be go to wines for mid-week drinking and a case doesn't even make it to the next release. Oh well. Purple in color, ruby at the rim, opaque and bright. The nose is nice with raspberries, slight black cherries, char and slight bramble. Medium bodied. Really nice texture with lots of energy. On the palate, raspberries and black cherries with underlying charred earth. Nice acidity. Good finish. Just guessing, but it seems like these will l

2016 Bedrock Wine Co. Zinfandel Esola Vineyard, USA, California, Amador, Wine Review

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