Lake Sonoma Winery Zinfandel 2014

Opaque dusty ruby color. Aromas and flavors of tart raspberries, bramble, and vanilla-scented tobacco with a satiny, lively, dryish medium-to-full body and a peppery, buoyant finish displaying suggestions of cracked black pepper with leafy tannins and light oak flavor. A dry zin for hearty meals.

Zinfandel commonly expresses powerful notes of dark plum, blackberry, sweet spice, dark chocolate and licorice. Very ripe examples may express a hint of dried fruit like raisin, fig or prune. But Zinfandel grown in cooler, coastal zones often expresses red fruit, black pepper and fresh herbal characteristics of juniper and menthol.