Edmeades Zeni Vineyard Zinfandel, Mendocino, USA

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My only reservation here is with the 2001 Zinfandel Zeni Vineyard. With 17.1% alcohol, it walks a dangerous line. The wine is tremendously heady (one glass will provide an instant buzz), with a gorgeous bouquet of raspberry liqueur, cherries, incense, spice box, and other wondrous scents. Slightly sweet, perhaps because the glycerin is so high given the alcoholic power, this intriguing, fascinating effort should be shared among ... many friends. Tel. (707) 895-3232

From the Mendocino Ridge appellation, the 1998 Zinfandel Zeni Vineyard (16.5% alcohol) exhibits a dark ruby color with amber at the edge. The nose is reminiscent of an Asian restaurant, with scents of soy, smoked duck, plums, and assorted black fruits. Ripe and deep, with a slight hotness, this heady wine requires consumption over the next 5-6 years. Low acidity gives the wine an extremely forward feel. Tel. (707) 547-4751

The tight knit, backward 1997 Zinfandel Zeni Vineyard is low in alcohol (14.8%). It spent 18 months in both French and American oak. Production for this 100% Zinfandel is 187 cases. It needs another 3-6 months of cellaring, and while it may not improve, it will open up given its fleshy, structured personality. All the Zinfandel varietal characteristics - black cherries, pepper, briery fruit - are present in moderately high levels. This wine should drink well for 4-5 years. Kudos to part hippie, part wild man, winemaker Van Williamson!Tel. (707) 895-3232; Fax (707) 985-3316

Eamedes is best known for its Zinfandels. The 1996 Zinfandel Zeni Vineyard possesses plenty of this varietal's peppery, briery, raspberry fruit, good freshness, and loads of glycerin and concentration. This lush, supple-textured Zinfandel should be consumed over the next several years.This is an unheralded source for surprisingly user-friendly, well-made wines.Only indigenous yeasts are used for fermentation, in addition to a light filtration, resulting in wines with natural textures and intriguing aromatics.Tel. (707) 895-3009

Edmeades produced two of the finest Zinfandels of the vintage, as well as a very good regular cuvee. The 1995 Zinfandel Zeni Vineyard is an outstanding wine. Tasters would never guess it boasts 15.2% alcohol. It exhibits a saturated plum color, and an exotic, spicy, sweet, jammy, black-cherry, strawberry, and currant-scented nose with a subtle suggestion of toasty new oak. This wine possesses terrific fruit and richness, more structure and tannin than the Eaglepoint Vineyard, and plenty of spice, body, and length. Drink this well-defined, very pure, textbook Zinfandel over the next 5-7 years.Tel. (707) 895-3009