Tasting - Cline Old Vine Zinfandel
Name: Cline Old Vine Zinfandel
Variety: Moscato
Region: Lodi, California
Country: USA
Year: 2020
Price: $12
Winery Review: " Tasting this wine revealed flavors of cherry and ripe red raspberry. Quite lovely. Though jammy, this wine’s flavors were “warm on the palate” to me, versus a heavy dark blend which would be much more soft. While not overly complex in taste, Cline Old Vine Zinfandel gives you a nice clean focused flavor reminiscent of Oregon Pinot Noir." (John Rodgers)
Wine Folly: Pg. 189 I was definitely able to taste the jammy flavors as described in Wine Folly and was able to pick up on the spice notes of the wine. While it's mentioned there can be Smokey flavors I wasn't able to pick up on those flavors. For being listed as a higher alcohol content wine, it was well balanced. I didn't decant the wine as specified, however, may try it in the future.
My Review: I found this wine to be very interesting. I was not expecting the spice notes to be there and I enjoyed that aspect of the wine, I found that it was very dry and tannic but had full body. I had this wine on its own without food, but would definitely like to try it with Asian barbeque.
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