BBQ Time -- A few tasted recently

[Bucko]

2003 Dry Creek, Old Vine Zinfandel, Sonoma County, California, $25, 3,386 cases. Blackberries, raspberries, and warm spices make a lovely bouquet. The wine is full on the palate, with ripe, brambly fruit, blackberry jam, and chewy tannins that linger endlessly; 90/90.

2004 Kendall-Jackson, Zinfandel, Vintner's Reserve, California, $12. Plum and raspberry aromas follow through on the palate. Fruity, jammy, and well rounded, this light to medium-bodied wine is a good value that lingers on the finish; 85/88.

2003 Mariah, Zinfandel, Mendocino Ridge, California, $25, 1,500 cases. The nose is a lovely mix of raspberries, licorice, dried herbs, and cedar oak. Medium to full in the mouth, the tangy acidity demands a tomato-based barbeque sauce; 88/88.

2004 Rancho Zabaco, Zinfandel, Russian River Valley, California, $28. Cherries, berry jam, French oak, and coffee scents highlight the nose. Medium to full on the palate, the wine is loaded with juicy fruit flavors that finish on a crisp note; 88/88.

2003 Wild Horse, Zinfandel, Paso Robles, California, $18, 3,389 cases. The 15.3 percent alcohol is not obvious here. Light to medium bodied, this Zin doesn't beat you up with extraction. Mixed berries, raspberry jam, and dried herbs delight the senses; 87/88.

[Innkeeper]

Thanks for the notes. They're making me thirsty.

[Drew]

A $28 Rancho Zabaco? [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img]

Drew

[winoweenie]

Probsbly a dyselic tipin error frum his granulation frum the Weeners tipin 1012 corse, WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]

[Bucko]

That's what the fact sheet says -- SRP $28.