Reviews & Ratings

2009 Four Vines Zinfandel "Biker"

Winery: Four Vines

Vintage: 2009

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Biker"

Wine Category: Zinfandel

Grape blend: 99% Zinfandel & 1% Mourvedre

Bottle size: 750 ml

Region: Paso Robles

State or country: CA

Price: $24

Cases produced: 7,001

KWG Score: 89.3 (based on 3 reviews)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (90)

Review date: December 15, 2011

Wine Review: This fruit bomb from Four Vines is a ruby colored Zinfandel that opens with a classic fragrant blackberry jam bouquet with a hint of licorice. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, balanced, and very fruit forward. The flavor profile is ripe blackberry jam with notes of plum and a hint of oak and black pepper. The finish is dry and its fruit lingers for quite a while. If you love fruity Zin's give this one a whirl. Serve it with a messy rack of barbecue ribs with moist corn bread. Enjoy – Ken

Winemaker Notes: The Dusi and Preston Zin vineyards, with their rocky, calcareous soils, grow low yield vines, producing fruit of intense concentration. A splash of Mourvedre lends an extra kick in the mid-palate. The Biker has blackberry, anise spice and vanilla on the nose. Rich, black fruit and spice, lingering to a silky vanilla oak finish. Biker rocks!

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