WTN: Fife RedHeadVnyd Zin '94

Tried the other night w/ leftovers:
1. Fife RedHeadVnyd/RedwoodVlly/Mendocino Zin (EG; 14.6%) 1994: Very dark slight briking color; rather cedary/pencilly bit cigar box some tomatoey/blackberry/spicy/Zin dusty somewhat perfumed/complex nose; tart bit lean tomatoey/spicy/blackberry/Zin some DrPepper/spicy light dusty/earthy complex flavor; med.long tart tomatoey/cranberry/blackberry/Zin some pencilly/cigar box/cedary dusty complex finish w/ light tannins; starting the downhill slide but still a pleasure to drink. $16.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Didn't really expect this to still be alive. I was surprised; it still had fruit and spoke of the Mendocino terroir (whatever the dickens that is!!). I've had some pretty nice reds over the yrs from Dennis Fife, but don't see them around much and they seem (except for wife, Karen) to keep a pretty low profile. The wine, in fact, reminded me a bit of some of ol' Barney Fetzer's Zins (back when Fetzer was a name that meant something in wine) from the Recetti Vnyd w/ a few yrs of age on them.
Tom

Amazing! Great fodder against those folks that say Zins don't age.

Those Fetzer Recettis were really good back in the day-70s I guess. Probably hard to believe for folks now. Thanks for the memories.
Charles

Those Fetzer Recettis were really good back in the day-70s I guess. Probably hard to believe for folks now. Thanks for the memories.
Charles

They were soooo friggin' expensive...I think they were around $3/btl in those days!!
The Recettis and the Lalonis were great drinking Zins. Everything you'd want in a Zin.
I always thought that it was kinda amusing...Barney was a retired lumber exec and his wines all tended to be a bit on the woody side...but they had great fruit. And a whopping 13% alcohol!!
Tom

A well made and well stored Zin can hold its own!
Thanks for the notes Tom H.

Salute