TN: 2000 Silver Mtn / Loma Prieta Zinfandel (Lodi)

[tedski]

Opened a 2000 Silver Mountain Vineyards / Loma Prieta Zinfandel (Lodi) last night. Wooo boy, talk about a potent fruit bomb! This would give most any Aussie Shiraz a run for their money. Lots of thick jammy fruit flavors, some oak and quite a kick.

I actually bought a couple bottles at the winery several months ago as they were closing out the older vintages. Most of the other stuff I tasted there was fairly tame compared to this. After my first sip I noticed the label says it rolls in at 15.8% alcohol ... but it's probably higher. I could only handle about a glass + 1/2 before I was feeling no pain. :bottle:

 

[Smurf]

Cool, nice to see more Wine Reviews as well here.

Fruity and High Alchol sounds good, I should try to find this in NY if I can.

 

[jwintosh]

sounds gooooood! had a bottle of the ravenswood lodi zin a couple nights ago! mighty tastey!!

 

[blessednxs65]

The gentlemen who sits next to me is from Lodi and has quite an impressive vineyard.

 

[dpricenator]

at least he didn't get stuck there again.

 

[tedski]

I tried this wine again after 2 days, hoping some of the heat would subside - as it was really detracting from the flavor. But what I found was that a significant amount of the good fruit has disappeared instead and the alcohol heat was now even more apparent. There was also a mildly bitter aftertaste. I was disappointed to say the least and basically chucked the remainder of the bottle. :disappoin