Price:   $20.00

The 2009 Edmeades Mendocino Zinfandel is loaded with aromas of red cherries and subtle notes of toasted vanilla. This year's tannins are once again soft and supple, the fruit is powerful, and the additions of Petite Sirah and Syrah have added a nice rural feel while also providing nice structure. Aging the wine should evolve into a nicely layered and complex Zinfandel, with toast and smokiness from the oak picking up in intensity.

Price:   $31.00

The Zeni Zinfandels are almost always old-world style wines. The 2006 has a lot of earthiness and dark brooding aromas that are not often found in Zinfandel. Deep raspberries, cassis and creamy oak embody an old-world funkiness of smoked meats, cedar box and forest. This is a powerhouse wine: concentrated and intense — a dark, brooding beast of a wine with layers of funk. It should be reserved only for wild nights when the moon is full.

"Tasty." "Flavors led by cherry, cranberry, and rhubarb and laced with fine tannin and nice acidity. It finishes long and medium-broad. Well balanced, structured, and integrated." Colorado Wine News - 7/09

Price:   $31.00

This wine has a bit of a split personality. From the young vines we get a healthy dose of youthful angst – dark dense and brooding, kinda like your 15-year-old nephew. But on the flip side it shows a mature, powerful body structure – wise beyond its years. The combination is intense. Look for an overload of wild blueberries, dark chocolate and dried cherries, with an underbelly of vanilla bean, toast and spice. This is a true mountain Zin.

Price:   $35.00

Aromas and flavors of ripe black raspberries and black cherries balanced with minerality and a touch of earthiness on the palate. Leans toward a fuller body style, but without becoming flabby. The finish on the 2007 Ciapusci is long and lingering marked with cherry tartness. The intensity of fruit and the structure that these old vines consistently provide will allow this wine to last for at least ten years in a good cellar. But, if you like your Zinfandels fresh and lively, it is drinking fine right out of the gate.

“The dark ruby-colored 2007 Zinfandel Ciapusci Vineyard is a peppery, spicy, intense effort with fragrant aromatics as well as full-bodied flavors with plenty of spice and earth intermixed with a hint of herbs. It is a beautiful Zinfandel to enjoy over the next 5-7 years” Robert M. Parker Jr., Wine Advocate - 02/10

Price:   $31.00

The Perli Vineyard Zin is composed with multiple varieties, creating a Zin that leans more toward a Claret in style. Bramble berries and spice are the predominant aromas, but you can also find hints of toffee, fresh flowers, chocolate and nectarines. The flavors are soft and supple with loads of cherries interlaced with berries, finished with stone fruits and an aftertaste approaching infinity or at least until you take another sip.

"...Exhibits a deep ruby/garnet color as well as an intoxicatingly heady nose of spice box, herbs, blue and red fruits, pepper, and incense. The wine is rich and full-bodied with tart acids as well as heady, but well-concealed alcohol... It should drink well for 3-4 years." Robert M. Parker Jr., Wine Advocate - 2/10

Price:   $31.00

The 2006 Piffero, like always, is not our big blockbuster style Zinfandel. It shows the elegance that makes Edmeades wines different than the other big style producers of Zinfandel. One of the few Zinfandels that always shows a sense of place, with bright black cherry and rose petal aromas, and minerals on the palate. This vintage shows off the intensity of fruit we get from the red soils of Redwood Valley and the minerals from the potato sized rocks. Not for the fans of "bigger is better" but plenty of intensity of fruit and long lasting aftertaste with balance and structure for aging a decade.

Very Good...a wine with special qualities. Wine Spectator - 7/10

$15.00 375mL - Half Bottle

Raspberries and cinnamon spice forms the core of the aromatics with slight volatile acidity brightening up the overall aromas and adding a zing to the finish, which is sweet on entry but ends with mouthwatering acidity. Underlying aromas of nectarines and peaches match the stone fruit flavors on the palate and the peach pit finish. The aftertaste is long lasting and makes you want another sip. A refreshing late harvest wine that would be great with cheese plates and dark chocolate bars.