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Red
750ml
Bottle: $41.20
6 bottles: $40.38
The 2023 Echoes Native Zinfandel exhibits a luminous ruby color accompanied by delicate aromas of crushed rose...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $12.48 $13.87
12 bottles: $11.94
The grapes for our Klinker Brick Old Vine Zinfandel come from several different vineyards within the Lodi...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.36 $20.40
12 bottles: $18.24
This well-balanced Zin shows great integration between fresh fruit, oak influence and age. Enjoy notes of black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
6 bottles: $31.30
This full-bodied red gives a lot without being overly complex or snobby about it. Enjoy notes of red and black plum,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.08 $21.20
12 bottles: $17.42
Our estate grown Zinfandel offers delightful aromas of black currants, gingersnap, pepper and violets. The full...
White
750ml
Bottle: $15.59
6 bottles: $14.73
White
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
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White
750ml
Bottle: $18.34
12 bottles: $17.97
An organoleptic analysis of La Mesma Gavi firstly offers us its delightful, straw colour, reinforced by the delicate...
White
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.67 $24.08
12 bottles: $17.49
APPEARANCE: Light straw. NOSE: Typical of Gavi, fine and pleasently fresh. PALATE: Delicate, very dry, characterized...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $34.93 $35.99
12 bottles: $34.23
This has aromas of sliced apples, fresh pears, lemons and melon. Creamy and fresh with a light to medium body and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.71 $17.59
12 bottles: $12.35
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $68.02 $71.60
6 bottles: $68.00
Vibrant aromas of pomegranate and red currant burst from the glass and are complemented by hints of white pepper and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.34 $15.09
12 bottles: $11.40
White
750ml
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
Tenuous straw-yellow color with greenish reflections. An intense and fine odor with persistent fruity and flowery...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.41
12 bottles: $13.99
Margarett's Zinfandel is well-rounded with berry flavors infused with pepper and spice. A complex wine with subtle...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.25
12 bottles: $15.44
The NV Old Vine Red Lot 74 is primarily Zinfandel, with some Syrah, Petite Sirah, Carignan, Grenache and Barbera....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $36.93 $39.20
Grapes for the 2021 Angeli Zinfandel are picked in three passes. Proprietor Scot Bilbro notes that Zinfandel's...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.88 $22.40
Our Zinfandel is fermented cold to emphasize freshness and supported by a small amount of structure from Petite Sirah...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.70
12 bottles: $46.75
The 2022 Zinfandel Giuseppe & Luisa emerges from a 1995 planted site with the Jackass Hill clone next to the winery...
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Cortese Fruilano Mencia Zinfandel

The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.