2007 Dendor Patton Zinfandel "Wisdom"

Winery: Dendor Patton

Vintage: 2007

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Wisdom"

Wine Category: Zinfandel

Grape blend: 92.5 % Zinfandel & 7.5% Petite Sirah

Region: Mendocino

State or country: CA

Price: $30

Cases produced: 200

KWG Score: 91 (based on 1 review)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (91)

Review date: August 9, 2010

Wine Review: This ruby colored Zin opens with an attractive blueberry bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, well balanced, and smooth. The flavor profile is a tasty blueberry and black cherry blend. The finish is dry and its moderate tannins drift away nicely. This wine is very food friendly and would pair well with Theresa’s meatloaf. This is a wine to you should enjoy in the near term. Enjoy - Ken

Winemaker Notes: Distinct "briary" character on the nose followed by spicy clove and cardamom. Solid blackberries and loganberry on the flavors with an underlying streak of French oak. Medium weight with great flavor persistence and excellent balance. A wine showing promise of a long evolving bottle life that should mature into a silken and memorable example of the best that can be in Zinfandel. It should be a great match for summer barbecue season, lamb, game, red sauce pasta, and other full flavor dishes.

Organic status: not organic

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