The Prisoner Napa Valley Red Blend (75cl, 15.2%)

The Prisoner is a Zinfandel-based red blend from Napa Valley, California, produced by The Prisoner Wine Company. Launched in 2003, it draws inspiration from field blends of red grapes made by Italian immigrants in Napa Valley. The blend centres on Zinfandel and incorporates Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Syrah and Charbono. After pressing, the juices are vinified in temperature-controlled vats and matured in French and American oak barrels. The nose shows Bing cherry and roasted fig, then dark chocolate and warm baking spice, with cedar and tobacco leaf. The palate is generous and fruit-forward, with raspberry, boysenberry and pomegranate, then dried blackberry, plum, sweet oak spice and vanilla. The finish is long and warm, with baked cherry, dried plum, nutmeg and raisin sweetness.