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Jed Steele’s Zinfandel from the historic Pacini Vineyard is one of the great underrated red wines of California. Grown on a 102-year-old dry-farmed vineyard, bursting with loads of dark fruit, herbs, and a panoply of complex aromas, the 2017 vintage is built on a backbone of vibrant acidity and it’s hitting a perfect stride right…
Bedrock is internationally recognized for almost single-handedly ushering in the new generation of “cool” in California wine, and we’re used to seeing its iconic label crowning the top shelves of the hottest wine bars in San Francisco, New York, and London. But this complex, aromatic 2018 Esola Vineyard old-vine Zinfandel wouldn’t be found atop anything…
In 1988, Mike Dashe wrote a letter to Lafite-Rothschild asking to come work a vintage at the legendary First Growth estate. It was a novel idea, because at the time, the globetrotting harvest intern phenomenon wasn’t yet a thing. A paltry number of American winemakers had worked overseas, but Dashe—fresh off a stint at New…
Patrick McNeil has pioneering blood. He spent his first years at Stags’ Leap Winery after his father and Carl Doumani purchased the fabled estate in 1970. His grandfather was a label artist for some of California’s first bonded wineries. And while his great-great-grandfather hit “paydirt” during the California Gold Rush, Patrick quarries mega-successful brands in…
We’re tough Zinfandel critics, and we’ve been grinning from ear to ear ever since we secured a second allocation of David Ramey’s 2018 Sidebar. That’s because Ramey has had one of the most impressive careers in California winemaking, and with the 2018 Sidebar Zinfandel he’s applied his killer instincts—honed at iconic estates like Château Pétrus…
Farming Zinfandel on Moon Mountain is a difficult, daring, labor intensive task. And it’s worth it. The poor, rocky soils of the windy western slopes of Mount Veeder—where dynamite was once essential to grade these terraces—produce spindly little grape clusters packed with hard-won concentration and flavor. That’s why giants like Bedrock, Louis Martini, and Robert…
Age-worthy ancient-vine Zins are some of the most distinguished and delicious wines grown in California, and when we find a great one, we’re happy to pay $35 or $40 per bottle. So when we can deliver a blockbuster bottle to our members for barely half that, we grab all we can—which is why we grabbed as…
Aaron Pott is a Napa Renaissance man, a sought-after virtuoso and Food & Wine Winemaker of the Year whose wines have scored 90+ points over 100 times and 93-96 points over 50 times from Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate. Capitalizing on an excellent vineyard and Pott’s wide-ranging expertise, the 92-94-point 2018 Wingspan Moons of Neptune…
Ridge. Ravenswood. Biale. Turley. There are only a few California icons who we can verily say have mastered Zinfandel—and Frog’s Leap, without a doubt, is one of them. It’s the epitome of Zinfandel elegance and grace—a benchmark classic that Robert Parker called “impossible to resist,” and a must-have for anyone who loves Napa Valley red…
Paul and Dave of Highlands Winery are the definition of Napa Valley veterans, and they’ve parlayed their connections into a TINY lot—just 400 cases—of classic, old-school Zinfandel from the big-money Cabernet country of Oakville. Grown on a patch of land just out of view of Highway 29 and just to the north of $325 Cardinale,…
Hook & Ladder only made 125 cases of their Marcucci Farms Zinfandel—an estate-grown masterpiece that perfectly captures the essence of cool-climate Zin in the Russian River Valley. Most of the bottles will be carried out to cars parked at the winery’s tasting room on legendary Olivet Lane, where they’ll be transported past Hook & Ladder’s…
Ageworthy, ancient-vine Zinfandels are some of the most distinguished and delicious wines grown in California—ones like Wilson Foreigner’s 2019 Zinfandel Del Barba Vineyard. Grown on a sought-after century-old site, every single bottle outside the winery is bound for Wine Access—and considering the absolutely miniscule production, our share is a small one. Crafted by a hemisphere-spanning…
During the mid-19th century, resourceful immigrants came to California hoping to make their fortunes in the Gold Rush. Many settled in Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley, where they discovered a treasure of a different kind: the area’s incredible capacity for cultivating wine— especially Zinfandel. The pull of great Zinfandel never abated. Today legends like Ridge Lytton…
While Tom Meadowcroft planned vineyards and pruned vines for some of the most iconic properties in California—Opus One, Cakebread, Duckhorn, Stags Leap—he dreamed of founding his own project based on these essential principles. Fast-forward several years and the supple, seductive 2020 Meadowcroft Zinfandel—farmed off Mae Vineyard in Dry Creek Valley, just 431 cases produced—checks every…
Michael Pozzan’s Back Barn Zinfandel is an endangered species in more ways than one: It’s an Oakville Zin from a $100+ neighborhood, crafted by a Wine Access fan-favorite. Our savviest members know that Pozzan bottles California succulence and vibrancy for way below the going rate. That’s why one fan’s five-star review called the wines “an…
The 2021 Courtney Benham Zinfandel Mendocino County is a concentrated, complex, richly spiced Zin grown in Mendocino County–home of some seriously ancient Zinfandel vines–and brought to the bottle by 100-point winemaker Keith Emerson. It delivers a level of fruit purity and richness that’s absolutely unheard of around this price level. Courtney Benham, one of California’s…
It was after hours at our favorite Sonoma chophouse, and while the servers polished glasses in the background, we chatted with the chef, an old friend. Conversation turned to what we did on those rare occasions when we had the house to ourselves. No kids, no partner, nowhere to be. Chef grinned and broke out…
George O. Hendry himself educated us on why this bottling has remained a flagship over the years. “Blocks 7 & 22 do some things very naturally that are hard to do in the winery,” he said. “It’s on very austere soil, and the vines are stressed quite a bit. We get structure in the wine,…
Year in and out, Wine Advocate’s 95+ point Zinfandel echelon is almost solely occupied by the super-elites: $50–$150 wines from names like Williams-Selyem, Martinelli, and Turley. In the 2021 vintage, Marietta crashed their party. Wine Advocate crowned their 2021 Marietta Cellars Román Estate Grown Zinfandel with a staggering 95-point score, raving about its “tremendous quality…
The most historic and revered vineyard in the Coombsville AVA isn’t a household name, and it doesn’t grow Cabernet for $150+ bottles. It’s the century-plus-old R.W. Moore Vineyard, and it produces some of the greatest Zinfandel in California. For years, legend Larry Turley turned Moore fruit into the iconic Turley Moore Earthquake Vineyard Zin. Today,…
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