Zinfandel Tasting–Two Years Apart
It’s always fun to engage people in my nerdy little wine experiments. This time I had a partner in crime. I get to work with the most enthusiastic fellow, Kenny G, and he helped me conduct a side-by-side tasting with some new club members. We had a grand time comparing the 2002 Rosenblum Hendry Reserve Zinfandel (pulled from the library for that appreciation party) with the 2004 Rosenblum Hendry Reserve. The first still had fruit going strong, mostly blackberry, with pepper and vanilla and tons of smoky bacon. The 2004 was a huge fruit bomb with plums, boysenberries and blackberries, laced with cocoa. Both quite good, so we were torn 3-2 in favor of the older vintage. That one’s no longer available, but the 2004–my pick–is still available in the tasting room.
side-by-side tasting, 2002 Rosenblum Hendry Reserve Zinfandel, 2004 Rosenblum Hendry Reserve
November 16th, 2007 at 9:25 am
[...] growers whom we no longer get grapes from, the 2005 Hendry Reserve Zinfandel is to be the last in a long line of delicious wines. George Hendry makes his own wine and decided to use all of his grapes instead [...]