Dashe Cellars Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel (75cl, 14.8%)

Dashe Cellars Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel is a wild-yeast fermented Zinfandel from Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley AVA, aged in French oak and bottled at approximately 14.8% ABV in a 750ml format. Dashe Cellars was founded by Michael and Anne Dashe. The wine is made with small-set fermentation using indigenous yeast, with little or no fining or filtration, and is aged approximately 16 months in French oak puncheons, a combination of new and one-year-or-older barrels. Alcohol is kept in the 13.5-14.8% range. The nose shows raspberry and blackberry fruit with violet and lavender florals, plus vanilla, baking spice and a faint herbal quality. The palate has ripe black cherry, raspberry and blackberry, with chocolate, coffee and clove at mid-palate and a velvety texture. The finish is long and moderately tannic, with cracked pepper, dried herb, tobacco and cocoa.