Buffalo Ridge Zinfandel 1998
Zinfandel
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1998
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750ML
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The first Buffalo Ridge Zinfandel is quite a debut: its a big, powerful wine, rich with blackberry pie, raisin and berry aromas, sweetish, black fruit notes with cracked black pepper. Some spice and vanilla lingers on the mid palate. It has a clove-like silky finish, with a pleasant earthy quality reminiscent of Rhone Valley wines. With its robust flavors and tannins, this Zin is a red for the grill.
Veteran Napa Valley winemaker Tom Eddy created the Buffalo Ridge red-wine brand as a destination for "wonderful fruit" that he found in California and Washington state vineyards, but which did not have a home in his Tom Eddy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon program. "I saw that consumers were looking for wines that were easy to drink, went well with food and fit their budgets. I was introduced to the French Camp vineyard in California's Central Coast, and a particular Syrah block there looked promising. I made the first Buffalo Ridge Syrah from French Camp in 1997, and I'm excited about the quality of wines that can be made from this and other 'undiscovered' vineyards in California and Washington."
GLO7392115_1998 Item# 15124