"Immensely appealing" Wine Orbit
This dense, jammy wine delivers supple tannins, medium body & balanced acidity
Perfect with barbecued ribs, braised meats (add it in the sauce), or your favorite pizza!
Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel 2018 (California)
Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel 2018 (California)
Accolades
Awarded 89/100 Points & Best Buy
Wine Enthusiast
Awarded Gold Medal
SAKURA Japan Women's Wine Awards 2020
Awarded Gold Medal
Mundus Vini 2020
Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2020
Description
- Toasty oak
- Blackberry & raspberry
- Jammy notes
- Supple tannins
"Perfumed and sweetly attractive, the wine shows Black Doris plum, vanilla, hazelnut and cake spice aromas on the nose, leading to a splendidly flavoursome palate that's fleshy and lingering. It's wonderfully ripe and smooth with elegant spicy complexity, making it immensely appealing. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2020
This Zinfandel is a bold wine grown from some of the oldest vines in California. Gnarly Head’s untamed vines produce full-flavored grapes, dense with aromas blackberry bramble, black raspberry, toasted oak, and hints of rose. This dense and jammy wine delivers supple tannins, medium body and balanced acidity. These flavors lead to a delicious finish for those who like big wines with a little attitude.
Older vines produce fewer grape clusters, but the small berries yield intense, concentrated flavors. Grapes were harvested in the cool of the night then delivered to the winery to be de-stemmed and gently pressed into fermentation tanks. After several days of fermentation, the wine is aged on a blend of French and American oak to craft a bold and structured blend with abundant fruit flavors and complexity.
This Zinfandel was harvested off "head trained" vines that resemble wild bushes with twisted old trunks and branches that spread out in all directions like unruly umbrellas – truly gnarly heads. These gnarled, head-trained vines provided the inspiration for Gnarly Head…they look gnarly and the wines they create are powerful, concentrated, and in other words, gnarly.
Food Pairing: This wine pairs perfectly with barbecued ribs, braised meats (add it in the sauce), or your favorite pizza!
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Delicious red will buy this again!
Jeanette - 31/01/2021
wonderful wine, complex and spicy; very enjoyable.
Sue - 25/01/2021
Give it 30 mins to open up and you will adore this drop... Smooth, long and tasty... Please don't buy it, there might not be any left for me...
Amanda - 15/07/2020
One of the best wines that I have partaken in. Outstanding
Peter - 25/06/2020
This is a great Zinfandel. Really positively enjoy drinking this wine. Perfect with seared lamb rumps and red wine jus.
Karen - 31/08/2020
Not the best Zinfandel I've had but it's certainly good value for money.
John - 15/03/2021
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