I don’t buy a lot of Zin these days as my wife doesn’t like it and I tend to prefer other wines, but I’m partial to Ridge Geyserville, Scherrer OMV, and Bedrock OV. Those are the ones I recommend to friends.
Bob…My Zin spend these days is solely Carlisle with decreasingly some Turley. If I was willing to spend more, I would likely lean to Martinelli Giuseppe & Luisa (have always enjoyed, but crept up in price) and the few Zins from Selyem.
Okay cuz I guess the economics of the question needed to be answered. If all you’re spending is say $1,500 on wine and $1k goes to Zin… I would say get whatever is cheap and acceptable. If the ratios are completely different then obviously something a bit different. I personally don’t have much experience with Zins, but the ones I’ve liked are Ridge & I bought a few Bedrocks that I haven’t opened yet. I wasn’t a fan of Turley last time I was up in Paso.
Ridge Geyserville 2018 ~ $250
Ridge Three Valleys 2017 $40
Bedrock OVZ $120 (I plan to buy more)
Bedrock Lorenzo’s Heritage $42 (I plan to buy more)
Limerick Lane RRV $132
~ $584 to date.
Recently joined the list at Limerick Lane to get their Marquis and would like to get some Once & Future Old Hill Ranch. Sounds like I need to try some Turley.
It’s Zin and bbq season! So good with smoked brisket, ribs, burgers…
If you like Zinfandel, there are a number of interesting, different and excellent producers. There are certain foods I enjoy a Zin with so I have some regularly. Depending on how much bacon fat, blackberry, Cassis and black pepper you prefer there are number wineries/winemakers producing excellent wines. Ravenswood, Elyse, Gamba, Outpost, Howell Mountain Vineyards, Dashe, Saldo, Bucklin, half of which are on the fruit forward side in California and Sineann from Oregon to name a few worth trying. I’m sure there are more depending on the style you prefer.