Winery ContriWhy Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel

Red wine of Vénétie of Italy

3.7

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel of Winery Contri is a red wine from the region of Vénétie.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel from the Winery Contri

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel of Winery Contri in the region of Vénétie is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

vanilla, oak

Spices

On the nose the Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel of Winery Contri in the region of Vénétie often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel

Pairings that work perfectly with Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel

Original food and wine pairings with Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel

Pasta

The Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel of Winery Contri matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of boles de picolat (catalan meatballs), lasagne or lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream.

Details and technical informations about Winery Contri's Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel.

Winery

Winery Contri

Grape varieties

Zinfandel

Region/Great wine region

Vénétie

Country

Italy

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape 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.

Last vintages of this wine

Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel - 2019

In the top 100 of of Vénétie wines

Average rating: 3.5

Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel - 2017

In the top 100 of of Vénétie wines

Average rating: 3.6

Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel - 2016

In the top 100 of of Vénétie wines

Average rating: 3.7

Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel - 2015

In the top 100 of of Vénétie wines

Average rating: 3.7

The best vintages of Why Not? Premium Zin Zinfandel from Winery Contri are 2016, 2015, 2017, 2019

Informations about the Winery Contri

The winery offers 64 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

This winery is part of the Contri Spumanti.

It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Vénétie

The Winery Contri is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in the of Vénétie to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 20000 of of Italy wines

In the top 300 of of Vénétie wines

In the top 50000 of red wines

In the top 80000 wines of the world

The wine region of Vénétie

Veneto is an important and growing wine region in northeastern Italy. Veneto is administratively Part of the Triveneto area, aLong with its smaller neighbors, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles, it represents a transition from the Alpine and Germanic-Slavic end of Italy to the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the South. Veneto is slightly smaller than the other major Italian wine regions - Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily - but it produces more wine than any of them.

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