Joseph Jewell

Grist Vineyard Zinfandel

9.03 ratings
9.11 pro ratings
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
Zinfandel
Lamb, Chicken, Turkey, White Rice, Pasta, Potato, Herbs, Mushrooms, Soft Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Tomato-Based, Duck, Exotic Spices, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Pork, Baking Spices, Pungent Cheese, Beef, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Tom Casagrande

This wine reflects a conscious effort to buck the unfortunate trend of too ripe, too alcoholic, too jammy Zins. It’s got a lively, nose of pomegranate and barely ripe blackberry, some spice, and a bit of crushed rock minerality. In the mouth it’s lean and bone dry, with black cherry fruit and lots of stony minerals. Great acids and a framework of fine-grained, chalky tannin. While I love this effort, ideally I’d like just a teensy bit more ripeness to allow the Zinfandel spicy blackberry/black raspberry fruit to shine and a tad more density.

This wine reflects a conscious effort to buck the unfortunate trend of too ripe, too alcoholic, too jammy Zins. It’s got a lively, nose of pomegranate and barely ripe blackberry, some spice, and a bit of crushed rock minerality. In the mouth it’s lean and bone dry, with black cherry fruit and lots of stony minerals. Great acids and a framework of fine-grained, chalky tannin. While I love this effort, ideally I’d like just a teensy bit more ripeness to allow the Zinfandel spicy blackberry/black raspberry fruit to shine and a tad more density.

Mar 21st, 2023
Scott Citino

Scott had this 2 years ago

Scott had this 2 years ago

Mar 4th, 2022
Jordan Franceschini

Jordan had this 2 years ago

Jordan had this 2 years ago

Oct 17th, 2021