Winery - Mauritson
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This big, high-octane Zinfandel trades elegance for sheer power. It’s dry, at the expense of high alcohol, and massive in flavors, offering a flood of black currants, raisins, chocolate, anise, cola and peppery spices. Decant for a few hours and drink with short ribs and similar rich fare.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a big, rich, lusty Zinfandel, the kind that packs plenty of flavor. It explodes in wild forest raspberry and blackberry fruit, accented with spicy thyme and chamomile tea, while extremely high alcohol gives it heat and a glyceriny sweetness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A lovely Zinfandel, classic and balanced, with an elegant tannin-acid structure. Shows typical Dry Creek Valley spices and briar, in addition to ripe blackberry, cherry, currant, Dr. Pepper cola and tobacco flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Last year’s bottling was a hard act to follow, but Mauritson’s done it again. The vintage was cooler and this wine seems crisper and zestier but no less flavorful, bursting at the seams with ripe lemon, lime, peach and wildflower flavors. Turns as rich as honey on the finish, but it’s a dry wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A sweet, rather heavy wine. Cabernets hardly get riper than this, with its massive, jammy cherry, raspberry and blackberry fruit. Delicious, but one-dimensional. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Bright, clean and zesty in acidity, with exotic, slightly sweet flavors of lemongrass, citrus, Asian pear and juniper berries. It’s dry, clean and spicy. The perfect California white wine to drink with Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese foods based on pork, chicken or vegetables.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fans of great big wines will like it, but this Petite Sirah is unbalanced, with heat from high alcohol compounding the acidity, making the mouhtfeel prickly. The berry flavors are overripe, running into raisins and chocolate.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Cab-based Bordeaux blend is very dense in fruit and also very Tannic with a capital T. Such is the astringency that it may never go away before the blackberry and black currant fruit drops out. Nonetheless it’s dry and savory and, in its own Rockpiley way, classic. Drink with superrich barbecue, well-marbled grilled beef and such. Tasted twice.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very rich in blackberries and cassis, with an herbal grounding of sage and tobacco and a dusting of freshly crushed black pepper. You’ll find hard-edged tannins and some sharpness to the mouthfeel. A few years of aging are warranted, but this isn’t a wine for the long haul. Decant if you drink it now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made from the old Clone 1, which gives classic grass and citrus flavors, and the Musqué clone, which contributes brighter gooseberry notes. Absolutely dry, and boosted by mouthwateringly zesty acidity, it also has low alcohol. This is one of the purest expressions of unoaked, non-malolactic Sauvignon Blanc in California.
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