This barrel sample Zinfandel is to be bottled without any fining or filtering. This young wine remains backward and unevolved, exhibiting an elegant, berry, mineral, and spicy-scented nose, rich, medium to full-bodied flavors, moderate tannin, tart acidity, and a fresh, pure style. It tastes as if it were 6-8 months younger than its true age. This could be a sleeper of the vintage when it is finally bottled. Look for it to last for at least a decade.NOTE: All the wines in this article were tasted in May, 1996. Those reviews accompanied by a range of scores in parenthesis indicate an approximate review based on a barrel sample tasting.Tel. (707) 965-2488