(August 20, 2017) … No one who reads me regularly will be surprised by a Zinfandel review, or an old Zinfandel review, and this particular one is one of the first I truly fell in love with because of it’s depth of character, not just sweet luscious fruit … Now some 10 years from vintage date it’s time to look over what has happened to this wine. Still some wonderful aromas to lure you into the glass: plum, vanilla, white pepper, and black cherry – it still smelled young and vibrant, I had to look at the label to make sure I grabbed the older vintage. The palate was big and spicy, with echos of plum from the nose adding blackberry and vanilla with a spicy-oak finish … Rich but very well-balanced, so spicy yet very tasty … it is with a heavy heart I have to note that I did have a corked bottle in this batch, so I opened a second bottle, and this more than made up for it.