Quivira 2006 Wine Creek Ranch Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)

Country: US / Wine Creek Ranch
Variety: Zinfandel California
Winery: Quivira / Dry Creek Valley

The flavors in this Zin are very lush and delicious, suggesting a mélange of crushed wild forest berries, freshly ground black peppercorn, mocha, anise and something animal, like sweet, soy-splashed grilled beef. The drawback is excessive softness, which may be related to high alcohol. The correct tannic structure isn’t there.