Looking Back a Few Years: Annette’s Reserve
Saturday the tasting room staff had planned to go to dinner with one of our growers and to taste through several older vintages of the Planchon Vineyard Zinfandel, one of my favorites. Unfortunately, things changed last minute and we had to reschedule. Since we were all a little sad about missing out on the yummy wine, Kelley—who works with us every other Saturday—brought in a bottle of 2001 Rosenblum Annette’s Reserve Zinfandel from the Rhodes Vineyard in Redwood Valley. The 2005 is currently another favorite of mine for its raspberry, blueberry, and loads of Chinese 5 spice. The 2001 showed some of the same, just to a deeper degree. On the nose, I found raspberry jam, cocoa, clove, raisin, and then later coffee. Upon tasting, it was plum, raisin, rich chocolate, anise, and hint of pecans. Pam found chocolate and coconut, like a Mounds bar in her glass. And LaMont seemed to agree with me when he wrote “ripe raspberry with cocoa—followed by dark chocolate with an Asian spice finish.”
The wine had aged beautifully, becoming a richer version of what it tastes like in youth. And our least expensive reserve, it’s quite the deal at only $35.
2001 Rosenblum Annette’s Reserve Zinfandel
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