California's signature red grape, Zinfandel is the same variety as Italy's Primitivo and Croatia's Crljenak Kaštelanski (its presumed ancestral home). Wines are dark, alcoholic, jammy and richly fruited — blackberry, raspberry, pepper, briar — with chocolate notes when oak-aged. Old-vine plantings in California's Lodi, Dry Creek and Sonoma yield the most concentrated, characterful Zinfandels. White Zinfandel — the lightly sweet rosé — accounts for the bulk of US production but bears little relation to the variety's serious potential.
Wine Radar compares prices for wines made from Zinfandel across Portuguese online retailers — 4 in the catalogue.
California's signature red grape, Zinfandel is the same variety as Italy's Primitivo and Croatia's Crljenak Kaštelanski (its presumed ancestral home). Wines are dark, alcoholic, jammy and richly fruited — blackberry, raspberry, pepper, briar — with chocolate notes when oak-aged. Old-vine plantings in California's…
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