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PRESSRobert Parker's Wine Advocate
2005 Todd Brothers Ranch Zinfandel 91 Points “The 2005 Zinfandel Todd Brothers Vineyard is a deep ruby/purple-tinged offering displaying more chocolatey black fruits, tremendous intensity (it’s one of the most concentrated Zinfandels of the vintage), and outstanding balance, richness, and length. Full-bodied with stunning purity and texture, it is a genuine revelation in this vintage. Drink it over the next 2-3 years.”
2005 Dry Creek Zinfandel 90 Points “The 2005 Zinfandel Dry Creek (blended with 5% Petite Sirah) is both a beauty and a superb value. A deep ruby/purple color as well as aromas of raspberries, cherries, pepper, and roasted herbs are found in this impeccably well-made, medium to full-bodied, lush, tasty Zin. It should provide plenty of pleasure over the next 2-3 years.”
2005 Louvau Vineyard Zinfandel 88 Points “A serious effort is the 2005 Zinfandel Louvau Vineyard. Although closed at present, it reveals nuances of underbrush, pepper, spice, and forest floor as well as attractive levels of black cherry and berry fruit. It requires another 6-8 months to round into a drinkable Zin, and it should evolve for 2-3 years.”
The Detroit News
Sandra Silfven Little bottles bring big flavorsThe 2006 Dashe Cellars Late Harvest Zinfandel, from Dry Creek Valley, is made from grapes that hang on the vine a month after the rest are picked to intensify and concentrate the flavors. For this little sweetheart, fermentation finished at 14.1 percent alcohol and 9 percent sugar. It was aged in older oak and handled as little as possible, and the end result is like sipping pure essence of Zinfandel: intense black currant and black raspberry, followed by spicy-sweet notes of licorice, caramel and clove. It's yummy. Pour it with chocolate desserts or chocolate truffles, or enjoy it solo as dessert itself. It's widely available.
Wine & Spirits magazine
94 Points 2004 Todd Brothers Ranch Old Vines Zinfandel " This wine grows just north of Geyserville, on 48-year-old vines planted on a steep, rocky slope. It maintains a core of the old-vine fruit goes to velvet rather than jam. It's zesty, sappy and tense, the power of the woodland blackberry fruit making a lasting impression. The velvet nap makes it dressy enough for a holiday, whether a Fourth of July cookout or a Thanksgiving turkey with sausage and apple stuffing." - Joshua Greene Wine & Spirits magazine
93 Points 2004 Louvau Vineyard Zinfandel old vines " From 69-year-old head-trained, dry-farmed vines in a rocky old riverbed on the Dry Creek Valley Floor, this is a spicy and cool, zinny and floral, its robust fruit intensity seeming to grow directly out of those old vines. The flavors seem to loop in long acrobatic arcs, their energy following an ornate path, anything but linear..." - Joshua Greene Wine & Spirits magazine
90 Points 2005 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel " The soft, meaty tannins of this wine slowly release its zinfadel flavors of sassafras, cool, dark cherry and warm mulberries. It continues to lengthen with air, a Dry Creek edge to the texture that will suit Mediterranean-style roast lamb." - Joshua Greene
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