Wine By Grape Variety | Zinfandel

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Zinfandel is a red wine grape variety that is extremely popular in California where they consider it as one their 'own', even though it originated in Europe. Although it has been grown in California for well over a century, it took the popularity of the white Zinfandel (blush) wines in the mid 1980s to persuade growers to retain their Zinfandel vines and indeed to plant more. Within 10 years, plantings had doubled and Red Zinfandel had become a Californian icon.

After vinification, Zinfandel wines are often matured in American oak, which gives them a vanilla dimension. There is no single flavour character that can be associated with the grape - it can produce light, jammy, almost Beaujolais-type wines, redolent of freshly crushed berries, through to full-bodied, robust, oak aged wines brimming with ripe, peppery, cassis-like fruits. The best examples can age extremely well.

 

Turley 'Dragon Vineyard' Zinfandel 2021
Turley 'Dragon Vineyard' Zinfandel 2021

£40.00

Brimming with savoury white pepper & spice, this is an elegant, behemoth of a Zinfandel...Read More...
Ridge Three Valleys Sonoma County 2021
Ridge Three Valleys Sonoma County 2021

From £44.00

Three Valleys showcases the art & skill of blending across a number of vineyards...Read More...
Sunset Point Zinfandel Blush 2023
Sunset Point Zinfandel Blush 2023

From £9.00

An unpretentious medium-style rosé showing strawberry aromas with a nice balanced sweetness...Read More...
Turley Estate Zinfandel 2021
Turley Estate Zinfandel 2021

From £55.00

Supple & lush with a creamy milk-chocolate texture this is easy to drink straightaway...Read More...
Idiom Stellenbosch Zinfandel 2018
Idiom Stellenbosch Zinfandel 2018

From £26.00

Also known as Primitivo, this is a silky, elegant & spicy expression of Stellenbosch Zinfandel...Read More...
Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs | Half Bottle
Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs | Half Bottle

£30.00

Vibrant in its youth this full, rich Zinfandel will age beautifully for 10+ years...Read More...
Buena Vista Sonoma County Zinfandel 2018
Buena Vista Sonoma County Zinfandel 2018

From £26.00

Award-winning Zinfandel that showcases the diversity of terroir Sonoma County has to offer...Read More...
Ridge Vineyards Geyserville 2020
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Ridge Vineyards Geyserville 2020

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Geyserville, the world's most wanted Zinfandel...Read More...
Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs 2020
Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs 2020

£47.00

Vibrant in its youth this full, rich Zinfandel will age beautifully for 10+ years...Read More...
Ridge East Bench Zinfandel 2020
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Ridge East Bench Zinfandel 2020

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An exemplary Zinfandel, approachable now but will evolve over the next decade...Read More...
The Fog Monster Bedrock Red 2016
The Fog Monster Bedrock Red 2016

From £65.00

A field blend of 27 different grape varieties sourced from the eponymous Bedrock single vineyard...Read More...
Inglenook Edizione Pennino Zinfandel 2017
Inglenook Edizione Pennino Zinfandel 2017

From £55.00

From Inglenook's oldest Zinfandel vines this wine honours Francis Ford Coppola’s maternal grandfather...Read More...
Turley Juvenile Zinfandel 2021
Turley Juvenile Zinfandel 2021

From £34.00

A sumptuous, joyous Zinfandel from arguably California's finest exponent of the grape...Read More...
Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel 2019
Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel 2019

From £20.00

A rich, fruit driven Zin from the renown Lodi wine region of California...Read More...
Turley Old Vines Zinfandel 2022
Turley Old Vines Zinfandel 2022

From £40.00

There's no better way to experience old vine Zinfandel than through this wine...Read More...
Frog's Leap Zinfandel 2020
Frog's Leap Zinfandel 2020

From £37.00

There's Zinfandel, then there's Frog's Leap Zinfandel...Read More...
Joel Gott Zinfandel 2022
Joel Gott Zinfandel 2022

From £18.75

An intensely concentrated Zinfandel of great elegance and balance...Read More...
Bedrock Wine Co. The Whole Shebang Fourteenth Cuvée
Bedrock Wine Co. The Whole Shebang Fourteenth Cuvée

From £19.00

No pretension or marketing BS, just a delicious and satisfying red wine blendRead More...
Maggio Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2022
Maggio Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2022

From £15.75

A superb old vine Zinfandel from Lodi, the self-proclaimed Zinfandel capital of the world...Read More...