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Big-Ass Zinfandel from Mazzocco

Big-Ass Zinfandel from Mazzocco

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Fredric Koeppel
Oct 18, 2008
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Antoine Favero, winemaker for Mazzocco, the zinfandel specialist in Sonoma County, doesn't do things by halves. These four

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reserve wines from 2005, all from designated vineyards, plus a proprietary label, feature alcohol levels of more than 16 percent, and they come on like fruit-basket gangbusters. Their primary characteristic, though, is staggering pu…

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