Renwood 2000 Fiddlerown

[winoweenie]

This old vine zin is the real deal. Plenty of up-front berries, vanilla, and spicy notes but has the added plus of a first class clarets velvet mouthfeel, great center, and a strong 3&1/2 lapper finish. By far the best of the Renwoods so far and should get better with another 2-3 of cellaring. 89/89. 22 by the box

[wondersofwine]

Sounds like a really good value, WW. Thanks too for your note about cellaring the Lytton Springs. Guess I won't worry too much about the fruit fading. I noticed on wines from Lytton Spring Winery (not the Ridge label) that the 1992 held up better than the 1993 IMHO.

[stevebody]

That Fiddletown sends chills down my back but the real bruiser of that bunch is the Grandpere. Holy Cow, what a bottle of Zin!

I liked the description of the Fiddletown as a claret. That's it exactly. It's balance, grace, character and VALUE always come through. Thanks for bringing it up. I sample so much wine that I sometimes forget to go back to the tried-n-trues each vintage. Gotta order some of this stuff today...

[winoweenie]

SB Learned from the 97 to keep my grubbies off the Granpere for at least a year after tasting all of the other Renwoods. WW