Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Richard Sauret Vineyard 2006

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Country: USA
Region: California

Harvested in mid-September, the grapes were gently crushed and de-stemmed. Racked to open-top fermentors the must, which included approximately 10% whole-berries, was allowed to cold soak. Following a three-day cold soak, the open-top tanks were warmed and inoculated with two specific yeast strands: Rockpile and D80 isolates. As the fruit fermented, the caps were intensively sprayed twice daily to engage skin-to-juice contact. Following twelve days of extraction the resulting wine was pressed and racked to a combination of French and American oak barrels where it aged for 15 months.

This is a rich and exotic, fruit-packed Zinfandel. A bouquet of ripe black currant and blackberry with creamy cherry essences is followed by flavors of briary raspberry and vanilla with hints of earth and black pepper spice.

This wine would pair well with steak Diane in chive sauce, or a chicken pilaf with cherry tomatoes and mushrooms.

Reviews:
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"Ripe, rustic and a hint medicinal, but still appealing for its dried plum, licorice and smoky cracked pepper aromas and flavors. The tannins pack a punch. Drink now through 2012. 3,256 cases made. –TF" -Rated 87, Wine Spectator
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"14% Petite Sirah. The ripe blackberry and plum-like fruit scents associated with this vineyard in its best vintages are here delivered with both intensity and vitality. The wine is full on the palate without losing itself to the heaviness that sometimes can be part of its character and, instead, is balanced and comes with tannin for a few years of age." -Rated 90, Connoisseur's Guide to California Wines

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