QOTD: Variety of Peachy Canyon zins gets me. Favorite is either 2004 or 05 Old School House depending on the night. The pepper is under control, lots of complexity, and jammy/chocolate goodness.

QOTD: Seghesio Sonoma County (not the Old Vines one).
At $18, a spectacular Zin. Loved the show. Keep those Blind Tasting Shows coming!

QOTD: My favorite zin, over the years, has been Turley’s Dogtown Vineyard (Lodi) Zinfandel. It always has a wondrous balance of fruit and spice.

Not a fan of the Zin. Generally too much alcohol for me. i think i used a bottle i could not drink to disolve the ice on my windshield one morning.

I am not a fan of Zinfindel. I think Zinfindel wines are very overated.

For me nothing better than the Brown Family Chiles Valley Zin.

QOTD: I am lovin’ Michael Davids 7 Deadly Zins, def. my favorite out there right now.

We’re doing a blind zin tasting next week in my sommelier course, can’t wait. How appropriate!

My favorite Zin, despite not trying it for a while, has been Bella out of Sonoma. We tasted their wines after Martinelli and Ridge and Bella had the best balance of alcohol, fruit and tannins. Their Syrah is dynamite also.

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Joel Peterson is still the Zenmaster of Zin. He can make a dynamite zin in a terrible year. Belloni and Dickerson have knocked my socks of the past 2 years.

We like Zins alot, St Francis Reserve Zins are very good, Linne Calodo Zin blends are GREAT. Others would be Baxter, Earthquake, Hunt Cellars, Turley.

thanks for another good episode. I haven’t been drinking much zin lately, so i don’t have a current favorite.

I liked when you used to give your scores right after tasing the wines instead of waiting until you unveil them. I like to hear it all at once so your tasing comments are still fresh in my mind.

T-Vine, “Browns Vineyard”. The perfect Zin.

Also, Valdez, “Rockpile Vineyard”.

Haven’t had that many. The best i’ve had was Bonny Doon Cardinal Zin. 75-point wine, 95-point artwork.

QOTD the zin I favor is, 1) Chateau Montelena this fruit bomb was like
strawberry jam with a long finish,2)Neal this Napa zin has the same
quality as their Cab great fruit and good finish 3) THE ZIN, this more
economical zin at $20 has good strawberry with vanilla overtones

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not a big zin drinker but I have to open up

Ridge Lytton Springs Zin is a readily available, consistently excellent wine. Also Sobon Estate’s Zins. On recent trip to SF dipped into Sonoma’s Unti Vineyard’s stellar stuff…try them if you see them.

Edizone Pennino from Rubicon estates tops the charts for me.

Zins used to be where you could get good wine at reasonable prices. Unfortunately all the CA wines seemed to be overpriced now, and most good Zin comes from Cali.

QOTD: Ridge Independence School or perhaps Turley Dusi Vineyards

3 good Zin’s I’ve tried:
a) Renwood 2003 Gran Pere
b) DeLoach OFS (Our Finest Selection, aka Out Fucking Standing)
c) Ridge Geyserville

qotd: shout out to Sky Zin from Mt Veeder

Seghesio Old Vine Zin

I made a special trip to Bella recently and was really underwhelmed – except for their late harvest zin, which had a really special (out of this world!) taste. Carol Shelton absolutely blew my socks off! She makes a whole bunch of insane zins!

I would have to go with Jessie’s Grove 2003 Zin. Lots of fruit on the nose and on the pallet. Lingers forever on the pallet and tastes like chocolate raspberries with a touch of fig and earth. Silky with no “hotness”. Just a great wine, ~$18 when I got it.

QOTD: It’s easy to say that the Calodos, Turleys and Carlisles are great, and many of them are, but for a real treat at half the price ($18.00-$20.00), there’s a small grower/producer who is doning some fantastic things with Zins and Zin blends.

His name is David Coffaro of David Coffaro Vineyard and Winary on Dry Creek Road, north of Healdsburg. The only problem is that he sells only in California and via mailing list, but I believe the list is still open. Great stuff, and a great guy to talk with. He’s very generous with his product, which will not disappoint at all.