Winery St. Michaels - Chocolate Zin Zinfandel

Winery St. MichaelsChocolate Zin Zinfandel

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Chocolate Zin Zinfandel of Winery St. Michaels is a sweet wine from the region of Maryland.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
The Chocolate Zin Zinfandel of the Winery St. Michaels is in the top 30 of wines of Maryland.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Chocolate Zin Zinfandel of Winery St. Michaels in the region of Maryland often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery St. Michaels's Chocolate Zin Zinfandel.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
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.

Informations about the Winery St. Michaels

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Maryland

The Winery St. Michaels is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Maryland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Maryland
In the top 30000 of of United States wines
In the top 35 of of Maryland wines
In the top 5000 of sweet wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Maryland

Maryland is an American state on the eastern seaboard, located between Virginia to the South and Pennsylvania to the North. It covers 32,000 km², from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to the coastal plains of the eastern Part of the state. The Chesapeake Bay, a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, dominates Maryland's coastline, almost splitting the state in two. The range of grapes grown in Maryland is remarkably diverse - the result not only of the diverse Climate, but also of 350 years of experimentation by the state's winemakers.

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The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.

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