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Wine of the Week!
Ravenswood Sonoma County Zinfandel 2005 $14    

If you like juicy, jammy tasty red wines then look no further than our Wine of the Week.  This week’s choice is the 2005 Ravenswood Sonoma County Zinfandel.

As soon as you pop the cork you’ll get aromas of blackberry jam along with a little whiff of vanilla from the oak aging.  Ravenswood is a premier producer of Zin and the Sonoma County bottling is a terrific balance of fruitiness, depth and flavor.  Zin is America’s grape and Sonoma Valley and Dry Creek are super Zin growing areas. 

Here’s what we taste: blackberry jam with a pinch of white pepper and nutmeg spiciness. 

It’s that underlying spiciness that makes this such an appealing food wine.  It pairs up with everything from a burger to barbecue, whenever you want a casual bite.  And it’s sooo easy to drink.  Especially at about fourteen dollars a bottle. 

Ravenswood Sonoma County Zinfandel is a bottle to have on hand for whenever the mood strikes you. 

Pop the Cork™.

Wine of the Week - February 22, 2008

Winemaker's Notes and Comments:

It's been more than twenty years since we began blending fruit from our county's historic Zinfandel regions — chiefly Dry Creek and Sonoma Valleys — to create this stylish wine, now considered our flagship bottling. Deep, dark, full and spicy, it exudes the power and complexity of its old-vine origins (including Carignane and Petite Sirah, Zinfandel's traditional field companions) but also brims with muscular balance and Zin's famous berry fruit, epitomizing the robust appeal of our favorite varietal. If you need to know why Sonoma County is renowned as the home of California's heritage grape, look no further. Bright, flashy, ripe raspberry, blackberry and vanilla flavors are wrapped around a soft sweet fruit core highlighted by scents of cinnamon.

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