This tonight. Very fresh. I think I have to give it the 3 L’s - lemon, lime, and lychee. Just the very faintest trace of petrol far in the background. Perfect for a warm evening.
Gnarly Head Zinfandel. Delivered today and I screwed the top off this one first.
Keeping in mind this has only been open for 5 minutes and the first glass poured through an aerator , I think I made a good choice for my lightly spiced caribbean inspired Gram lentil curry.
There’s plenty of peppery heat from the alcohol, it feels all of its 14.5% . Ripe plum is the primary fruit to my palate, smooth mouth feel, oleaginous finish.
Obviously it needs to be open longer and/or be decanted, but it makes a nice change from my usual fare (Spain, France, some aussies).
In a blind tasting I’d have had this as a Pinotage with a whiff of Malbec, so probably best to ignore my impressions.
Translucent ruby, collects the light and throws it all over the room. Lovely pinot like nose of warm asphalt and red fruit. Red and black fruit. Full and delicious. Long and mouth filling. Bought from Waitrose on one of their 25% off sales. World class. Need to drink more modern SA cinsault.
I reckon @winechief and @erdunn might be the only two with a chance of getting that one. Although I’d be interested to know what distribution they have over here. It used to be extremely difficult to get back home so quite surprised to see it over here.