Gourmets of Wine > The Blog Wine Cellar: 2007 Orin Swift Saldo - Zinfandel

[The Blog Wine Cellar] The "SALDO" is a blend of 85% Zinfandel, 10% Syrah, and 5% Petite Syrah, all sourced from a variety of California Appellations:

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[The Wine Spies] 2006 Scott Harvey Wines J & S Reserve Syrah « The Wine Spies: S Reserve Syrah shows exceptional balance and finesse between its new-world rich fruit and winemaking that brings out the old-world style of this much loved varietal. Soft and rich aromas and flavors, and while this wine is definitely fruit-forward its not so much so that the subtle earth, oak and spice are dominated.

[ProfessorBainbridge.com] Paul Draper on Aging Zinfandel - ProfessorBainbridge.com: Cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, and syrah all fall into this category. IMHO, the California versions of all these wines reward cellaring as much as their French originals.

[The Grape Crusader] Wine Review - 2006 Carlisle Syrah, Sonoma, California « The Grape ...: Tasting Notes: In typical syrah fashion, this was an inky, dark, opaque pool of liquid nitrogen in a glass.  On the nose, lots of smoke, wild berries and spice.  In the mouth I tasted more wild dark berries, dark plums, smoke, new leather and a little bit of meat.  This was a quintessential Carlisle wine.  It was massively dense, chewy and big, but not heavy or cloying at all.  The wine carried its 15.1% alcohol level really well, just like its sister syrahs and zinfandels in the Carlisle family.  Tannins were definitely in the house, but they certainly weren’t so overpowering that the fat from a nicely marbled rib eye steak wouldn’t be able to tame them.

[Pearson's] KING OF ZINFANDEL . . . FROM LODI, CALIFORNIA: MICHAEL*DAVID ...: Wine Advocate Robert Parker 89 points: "The 2005 Syrah 6th Sense may deserve an outstanding rating. A sweet nose of black currants interwoven with smoke, lard, and damp earth is followed by a wine with a beautiful texture, velvety tannins, a lovely, opulent mouthfeel, and a long finish.

[Bigger Than Your Head] Bigger Than Your Head » A Rosé Is a Rosé Is a Rosé, Except When ...: The pragmatic New World attitude of blending red and white wines is not allowed in making rosés wines in France, however, except in the case of rosé Champagne. In Provence and elsewhere in the South of France, in the Loire Valley, where roses are increasingly important, and in other winemaking regions in the country, rosés must be made from all red grapes.

[California Wine Spot] California Wine Spot: SELECTION SALUTE: “I believe wines focused on fruitiness, like Syrah and Zinfandel, need very little new oak character. It can muck up the balance of the wine very easily.” • Madroña has bottled Syrah since .

[Wine Blog] Wine Tasting: The Progression of One's Palate: It seems to surprise a lot of people that I still enjoy a glass of white zin even after years of working and educating about wine. As a vegetarian I eat a lot of spicy ethnic foods, especially with lots of peppers, jalepenos, New Mexican chiles, cayenne, and Hungarian paprika so the sweetness of white zin balances really well with the heat of the spices.

[Until the Next Bottle ...] Until the Next Bottle ...: Magito Zinfandel Panorama Blend 2006 ...: Magito Zinfandel Panorama Blend 2006 (California). Magito Zinfandel ($16) is a blend of Zinfandel (75%), Cabernet Sauvignon (8%), Sangiovese (6%), Syrah (5%), Merlot (4%) and Petit Syrah (2%).

[Wine Peeps] Wine Peeps: A Wine Blog » Texas Wine Country 2009, Part Two and Recap: Despite the caveats mentioned above, I will stick with the conclusion I reached after last year's visit to several Texas High Plains wineries that Texas is doing the best job of the states outside of the big four of California, .2007 Texas Hills Syrah, $19.95, QPR: 4 2004 Lost Creek Buddy's Blend (Cab/Merlot/Shiraz), $20.95, QPR: 4 2007 Woodrose Zinfandel, Willmuth Vineyards, $21.95, QPR: 4 2007 Mandola Estate Zinfandel, $24, QPR: 4.

[GARAGE VINO] GARAGE VINO » Blog Archive » Garage 2007 Zin - Chapter 2: Crush ...: So, as covered in “Chapter 1,” due to a lack of thinking ahead, I was able to make the excellent, advanced, fine-winemaking decision of not destemming. Around six p.m., while the fading summer light still aided us on my “crush pad” (concrete patio behind my garage), I got all the buckets and “crush bins” and so on sterilized, created a sterilizing “foot bath” for my army of crushers (my kids) to step into before stomping on batches of grapes, and laid out a series of towels and patches of plastic and bins and buckets to form my little crushing production line.

[The West Ranch Beacon - News & Commentary for the Santa Clarita Valley] The West Ranch Beacon - News & Commentary for the Santa Clarita ...: Tuesday, May 19: Lee’s Stimulus Package: buy one glass of wine and get the second for 5 cents Lee’s Wine Bistro Monday and Tuesday only, complimentary meat and cheese appetizer with the purchase of a glass of wine VWC 5-8pm, Happy Hour The Social 4-6pm, Girl’s Night Out/Men Welcome with Martinis $2 off, discounted appetizers, raffle every half hour for free movie tickets Salt Creek Grille 5-9pm, 40% off all bottles of wine at Wolf Creek, $1 tasting flight when you purchase a bottle at Vino 100 4-7pm, School Fundraiser Night 6-10pm ACU, $1.00 Drink Specials every night but Sunday CM 5-7pm,  Happy Hour 1/2 price appetizers with two glasses of wine Vintner’s Cellar (VC) 4:30-6:30pm and Happy Hour at Wine 661 from 4-7pm.

[CheapWineRatings.com] You're Invited to a Cheap Wine Ratings Wine Tasting ...: This is a red blend from the Tautavel appellation in the Roussillon region of France, and it’s outstanding.  It’s a combination of Grenache, Syrah and Carnigan… not a surprising blend at all from France.  The bouquet on this wine favors the earth-side of the spectrum.  Mushroom, toasted oak and walnut provide an earthy foundation to soft cassis and blackberry aromatics.  The blackberry and cassis come to life in a big way on the palate, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “fruit forward”.  It is an elegant and full bodied wine, with silky tannins that give a luxurious feel to the wine.  The berry flavors linger on the finish.  This is a very nice wine.

[Cambria Real Estate Blog] Real Estate Blog - Paso Robles Wine Country: The most widely planted varieties are Cabernet Sauvignon (38%), Merlot (15%), Syrah / Shiraz (10%), Zinfandel (9%), Chardonnay (8%), Petite Sirah (4%) and Sauvignon Blanc (3%). With Italian and Rhône varieties on the upswing, more than 30 other varieties with 100 to less than an acre planted in the region include Pinot Grigio, Tempranillo, White Riesling, Roussanne, Barbera, Semillon, Refosco, Syrah Noir, Lagrein, Nebbiolo, Napa Gamay, Marsanne, Counoise, Tannat, Touriga, Grenache Noir, Verdelho, Blaufränkisch, Orange Muscat, Picpoul Blanc, Vermentino, Primitivo, Tinta Cao, Sousão, Tocai Friulano, Cinsault, Carignane, Pinot Blanc and Dolcetto (13%).

[The Wine Skewer] Wine Blogging Wednesday - A California Blend Ahead of its Time ...: The folks behind Zyrah were trying to make it stand out, not only with the blend, but also the proprietary name (with TM symbol, though it never became a registered mark), the sporty (at the time) flange top and the dime-sized decal covering the cork.

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG » Blog Archive » How a new cult wine can ...: Given the American consumer’s proclivities towards preferring bolder and weightier foods and beverages, blending or cofermenting with syrah serves to fatten up already bold and densely extracted wines (relative to their French counterparts) that might not do as well commercially.

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