7 Deadly Zins

This wine is vibrant, with aromas of blackberry, plum, cassis, molasses and dried herbs on the nose. The flavors on the palate are dark plum, dark cherry, allspice, dark chocolate, orange zest and dried tobacco leaf, with a dry finish with gripping tannins. Pair with weekday takeaway.

Smoked chocolate and blueberries mix with saddle leather and spice here. The attack is warm with rich baking spices, vanilla, black cherry, and more leather and tobacco in the back end. It’s a bit one dimensional, with some dead fruit in the finish. A Monday night zinfandel best suited to hamburgers or ribs slathered in BBQ sauce. Far more interest here on the mid-palate, not just fruit but leather cedar, and tobacco, give it some welcomed complexity. Drink all autumn with any number of mushroom dishes. Made with fruit from seven vineyards.