Winery FritzEstate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel of Winery Fritz in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel
Pairings that work perfectly with Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel
Original food and wine pairings with Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel
The Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel of Winery Fritz matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of roast beef casserole, milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon or pizza with gizzards, duck breast, goat cheese & honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fritz's Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
Generous, high-alcohol reds with a dark robe and indulgent palate, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, raspberry, black pepper, liquorice, cinnamon and cooked fruit. Also vinified as a popular sweet rosé (White Zinfandel). Star of California (Lodi, Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley, Paso Robles) with sought-after century-old vines. Identical to Italian Primitivo and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Estate Grown Late Harvest Zinfandel from Winery Fritz are 2013, 2012, 2015, 0 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Fritz
The Winery Fritz is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Dry Creek Valley
Mythical terroir of Californian Zinfandel on pre-Prohibition old vines: intense, spicy reds with aromas of candied blackberry, black plum, pepper and leather, ample structure and melted tannins. Signature Sauvignon Blanc as white king with herbaceous notes and bright citrus, dazzling acidity. Also Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Rhône grapes. Small Sonoma AVA (~9,000 ha, 70+ wineries), warm days and cool evenings ventilated from the coast, ideal ripeness-acidity balance.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Cryptogamic
Refers to diseases transmitted to plants by a fungus.
