Lot 254
2020 Dry Creek Zinfandel

Inky, almost opaque in the glass. Brambly blackberry and black cherry fruit are haloed with chocolate truffle and toasty toffee oak notes but there is a cool-climate sophistication and elegance to this bouquet...everything is nicely delineated and never overripe. Clearly a deft-hand at work here. This sensibility extends to the exceptionally-balanced palate where ripe raspberry and black fruit conspire with a good mix of mineral and oak-influenced cocoa and dark chocolate wood notes in an lengthy finish with good grip and persistence.