Winery Merryvale - Jan Vineyard Zinfandel

Winery Merryvale Jan Vineyard Zinfandel

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Jan Vineyard Zinfandel of Winery Merryvale is a red wine from the region of St. Helena of California.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Taste structure of the Jan Vineyard Zinfandel from the Winery Merryvale

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Jan Vineyard Zinfandel of Winery Merryvale in the region of California is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Jan Vineyard Zinfandel of Winery Merryvale in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Merryvale's Jan Vineyard Zinfandel.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
15°
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

Jan Vineyard Zinfandel - 2013
In the top 100 of of St. Helena wines
Average rating: 3.9 1 1 1 1 0
Jan Vineyard Zinfandel - 2011
In the top 100 of of St. Helena wines
Average rating: 4 1 1 1 1 0

The best vintages of Jan Vineyard Zinfandel from Winery Merryvale are 2011, 2013

Informations about the Winery Merryvale

The winery offers 38 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This winery is part of the Merryvale Family of Wines.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in St. Helena in the region of California

The Winery Merryvale is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of St. Helena to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 25000 of of United States wines
In the top 1500 of of St. Helena wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of St. Helena

The wine region of St. Helena is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine The Crane Assembly or the Domaine Del Dotto produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of St.


The wine 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.

News related to this wine

The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

The luxury wine group bought Bottom Line Ranch in the San Miguel District for an undisclosed sum. It is exclusively planted with Cabernet, featuring seven top clones on three drought-tolerant rootstocks. Alex Ryan, chief executive and president of The Duckhorn Portfolio, said the sub-appellation’s climate is ideal for producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘There is a reason why Paso Robles has the most Cabernet Sauvignon acreage of any appellation in California outside of Napa Valley,’ added ...

Duckhorn expands in Napa Valley with vineyard deals

Duckhorn Portfolio said it has acquired around 20 hectares (50 acres) of Napa Valley vineyards via separate deals. This includes 16 hectares (40 acres) of the Stanly Ranch vineyard in Los Carneros and the four-hectare (10 acre) Red Wing vineyard in St. Helena, said the group, which is listed under the ‘Napa’ ticker on the New York Stock Exchange. ‘As our portfolio has evolved to include 10 renowned luxury wineries, our commitment to having a robust estate vineyard programme continues to be centr ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

The word of the wine: Nouaison

Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine following flowering and corresponding to the formation of the grape berry.

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