Country: US / George’s Vineyard
Variety: Zinfandel California
Winery: JR Wine / Napa Valley
For the second year running, this bottling is a superb Zinfandel. It’s as rich and ripe as they get, bursting with fresh raspberries, cherries and mocha, and that briary, brambly quality of wild forest nettles. Yet it’s thoroughly dry, with thick, refined tannins. Beautiful now for its effusive fruit, the wine should slowly slide over the next six years.