Wines made from Zinfandel grapes of California - Page 4
Discover the best wines made with Zinfandel as a single variety or as a blend of California.
More informations about the variety Zinfandel
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
More informations about the region of California
California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.
What are the typical flavors of the Zinfandel grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 87% of Zinfandel
- OakPresent in 76% of Zinfandel
- Black fruitPresent in 72% of Zinfandel
- Non oakPresent in 69% of Zinfandel
- EarthPresent in 69% of Zinfandel
- SpicesPresent in 68% of Zinfandel
- MicrobioPresent in 39% of Zinfandel
- Dried fruitPresent in 38% of Zinfandel
- Tree fruitPresent in 20% of Zinfandel
- VegetalPresent in 13% of Zinfandel
- Citrus fruitPresent in 13% of Zinfandel
- CherryPresent in 11% of Zinfandel
- FloralPresent in 10% of Zinfandel
- Tropical fruitPresent in 8% of Zinfandel
- RaspberryPresent in 7% of Zinfandel
- PlumPresent in 7% of Zinfandel
- StrawberriesPresent in 7% of Zinfandel
- VanillaPresent in 6% of Zinfandel
- OakyPresent in 6% of Zinfandel
- BlackberryPresent in 6% of Zinfandel
News about the grape variety Zinfandel
Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
Decanter magazine latest issue: March 2023
Inside the March 2023 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES Bordeaux 2020 in-bottle Scores and notes on 40 high-scoring wines, tasted by Decanter’s Georgina Hindle My top 20: South American Syrah As selected by Amanda Barnes Vintage preview: southern Rhône 2021 Matt Walls tastes and reports Empire & vine How the colonial era left its stamp on the world of wine. By Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre Producer profile: Orin Swift Jonathan Cristaldi on the Gallo-owned Californian brand and its original cre ...
Napa Valley’s Eisele Vineyard acquires nearby property
Napa Valley wine producer Eisele Vineyard has purchased the next-door Alfred Frediani Ranch for $18.5m, said the estate agent responsible for the sale, broker James Keller. The ranch features two parcels of land totalling around 11.2 hectares (27.65 acres), Keller said. A spokesperson for Keller said the agent wished to make clear that the property sold was the Alfred Frediani Ranch on Pickett Road, and not the Frediani Vineyards estate on the Silverado Trail. Eisele Vineyard’s general man ...