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 — 20 in the catalogue.
Zinfandel wines on Wine Radar come mainly from California, Tuscany.
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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