Life is made up of relationships--so is wine. There are going to be plenty of wines you are infatuated with, date and ultimately take home. 2007 Starry Night Zinfandel, Sonoma County is the latter for me. Let me start by talking about Zinfandel. This varietal is one we see primarily coming out of Sonoma, Ca--the reason for that is simply because of their climate. Zinfandel typically likes warmer climates and tends to produce fruit forward raspberry, blackberry and pepper notes that can be medium to full bodied.
Starry Night Winery is a lovely winery producing excellent Sonoma style wines at even more lovely prices and right now, this wine is at both Seattle Wine Outlet and Greenlake Wines. They allure you with their play on Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night paintings which you come to enjoy admiring apart from the wine. Then you get to the wine and that's when all the magic happens. Dark blackberries and blueberries on the nose are a sign of good quality, ripe fruit. More of those blackberries and blueberries hit you on the palate with toasted oak in a medium bodied, fruit driven style. Did I mention, that there is great mouthfeel on the palate and in addition to the dark fruit, there are dense dried figs and sweet currants--my mouth is watering just thinking and writing about this wine! The finish is truly magical, blackberries linger on your palate and just when you think you are done, creamy, toasted oak and loads of black peppercorns fill your mouth!
The neatest thing about this wine, aside from being ridiculously good? It's only 15 dollars here at Seattle Wine Outlet and Greenlake Wines! Please come try this delicious wine on our glass pour menu here at Greenlake Wines also, and I truly believe you may ultimately take this dreamy Zinfandel home!
Ciao!
Erin
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