The 79 Zinfandel was the brown bag wine for the night, and was amazingly youthful and fruity. As with most older zinfandels, most guessed it to be a merlot or cabernet. The wine won a multitude of blind tastings when originally released.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
1979 Lytton Springs Zinfandel and 73 Heitz Martha’s Vineyard cabernet
3/7/13-First off, an update on the previous Post: I
failed to mention the Heitz cabernet; Gary Rose nailed it, having detected
eucalyptus, which is a typical flavor in Martha’s wines (some people suspect
she tossed a few berries in the grape truck as it left the vineyard). In addition, Ann Vik correctly noted that the
picture of the 1984 Ch. Montelena was actually a 1982 wine (I failed to take a
picture of the 1984-sorry about that!).
The 79 Zinfandel was the brown bag wine for the night, and was amazingly youthful and fruity. As with most older zinfandels, most guessed it to be a merlot or cabernet. The wine won a multitude of blind tastings when originally released.
The 79 Zinfandel was the brown bag wine for the night, and was amazingly youthful and fruity. As with most older zinfandels, most guessed it to be a merlot or cabernet. The wine won a multitude of blind tastings when originally released.
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