- 2019 Elyse Zinfandel Morisoli Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford (5/12/2021)
Do you want restraint, and intellectual nuance in your wine tonight? Look elsewhere.
Did you just have a crappy day at work, after 400+ days at home, using a 12 inch laptop monitor to manage massive spreadsheets, and really want to rip your hair out and scream? Step right up and open a bottle of this! It’s a wild ride that straddles the fluctuating border between ripe Zinfandel and Port. It’s not a shrinking violet. It’s a violet that has been blasted with gamma rays, and gets ticked off if you misplace an apostrophe. Succulent blackberry fruit, graham cracker crumbs, and a drizzle of bourbon caramel are turned into liquid form. I had a bit of blue cheese with it before dinner, and it was a little bit of heaven. I decided to revisit after dinner, and now I want a pipe...and I don’t smoke. Yowza! This is really good, if you are into such things. I guess I am.
*Tom Lehrer reference