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Steele Wines: Three Zinfandels

Steele Wines: Three Zinfandels

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Fredric Koeppel
Jun 29, 2020
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Two of these three zinfandel wines from Jed Steele are from century-old vineyards, give or take a few years, while the first of the trio is from relatively younger vines, planted in 1980. The locations are Lake and Mendocino counties. All three embody what I think of as classic zinfandel character -- intense, ripe black fruit with a blueberry quality; h…

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