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Two Sleek Napa Valley Zinfandels ...

Two Sleek Napa Valley Zinfandels ...

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Fredric Koeppel
Sep 04, 2011
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... and both are single-vineyard wines. And neither are huge, super-ripe, high-octane, hot, cloying, sweetish zinfandels, examples of which continue to be produced in California, though they clearly defy any rational sense of balance and drinkability. No, these models are exemplars of the grape's deeply fruity, spicy and innate tannic character that doe…

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