"It is fabulously fragrant on the nose displaying dark fruit, wild thyme, dark chocolate and cedar characters. The palate is beautifully ripe and rounded, and shows
excellent mid palate weight and texture. A wonderful zinfandel showing rich fruit intensity and subtle earthy savoury complexity. At its best: now to 2020" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2016

Ok, we admit it. We went a little crazy with the 2014 California Poizin, blending Zinfandel (87%) with (13%) Petite Sirah, a splash of Sauvignon Blanc and a pinch of “secret sauce.” (You can ask all you want, but we’re not going to tell you about the secret sauce.)

We blended the wine surrounded by ten maidens dancing to sonorous drumbeats and their chants to the god Bacchus. Not sure if it was the drumming or the chanting, or perhaps that wine-maker Brandon was mesmerized by the dancing lasses, but when the blend finally fused in the cauldron, we were blown away by the wine’s power and potency. The wine is as dark as onyx, as brawny as Rambo, yet as comforting as Ryan Gosling in “The Notebook.”

Poizin is lusciously satisfying with concentrated raspberry, jammy black cherry, spiced mocha and dense plum flavors. The moderate oak contributes subtle vanilla and a smoky nuance. Winemaker/Man-Witch Brandon loves the aromatics that remind him of drinking fruit punch when he was just a little Boy-Witch. Wow, he’s good! (We just say that so he doesn’t put another spell on us!) Simply described - it is delicious and kicks butt!