Red Wines    Zinfandel    Sonoma County    California   
Wine.com - Buy wines, wine clubs, gift baskets and more
My Rating (circle) :
Date Printed: 5/25/2013
Dashe Dry Creek Zinfandel 2006
Dashe Dry Creek Zinfandel 2006
 (search item no. 93145)

PRICE ON 5/25/2013: $19.99

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2009 Wine & Spirits rating: 92 points
2007 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
2005 Connoisseurs' Guide rating: 91 points
2005 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2005 Wine & Spirits rating: 90 points
2004 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2004 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2004 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2001 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
1999 Wine & Spirits rating: 94 points

Winemaker's Notes:

 This wine is so lovely, with its perfumed aromas of violets, black raspberry, clove, and pepper that we think it might be considered one of the most fruit-forward and intense Dry Creek zinfandels that we have yet produced.

Taste:Gobs of black raspberry and concentrated cherry fruit, black current, chocolate, clove spice, velvety texture on the mid-palate, complex, long sweet finish of black raspberry fruit, sweet chocolate and spice.
My Notes:

About Dashe:

 In 1996, the husband and wife winemaking team of Michael and Anne Dashe founded Dashe Cellars. Focused on crafting exceptional single-vineyard wines, Dashe Cellars blends the two winemaker’s combined 40-plus years of experience at such noted wineries as Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château La Dominique, Ridge Vineyards, Cloudy Bay, Far Niente, Chappellet, and Schramsberg Wine Cellars. Drawing on this wealth of experience, the Dashes create vineyard-focused wines that capture the complexity and character of top vineyards throughout Sonoma County and beyond.