How would you spend $1000/year on Zinfandel

[Matt_G]

6 bottles each from Bedrock, Carlisle, Ridge and Turley. Pick your favorites.

[Adam_Frisch]

I’m currently in Lodi and I tasted at St Amant and Fields Family the other day. I would recommend anyone who is a fan of not over the top Zins to check them out. They both make balanced wines not typical of the area. St Amant’s Marian’s vineyard is legit and Fields Family makes a zin from Kirchenman vineyard that super good too.

Fields Family are great - have not had St Amant.

[Chris_Johnson]

I love Mike and Jay along with the wines at Carlisle. My wife does like them at all anymore. We’ve shifted the zin dollars to Scherrer and Hartford Family. I still buy the SC Carlisle at retail now for when she is at book club.

[J_Rock]

Has no one suggested a 4-bottle allocation of Downstream yet?..

[MarkStDBA]

Has no one suggested a 4-bottle allocation of Downstream yet?..

[P_Turk]

$1k on zin … easily! Like many others above: Bedrock, Bucklin, Carlisle, and Turley for me.

[Antonio_G]

Once & Future -'18

[Rich_Brown]

Has no one suggested a 4-bottle allocation of Downstream yet?..

Maybe throw in a little Dark Matter as well

[Rich_Brown]

I love Mike and Jay along with the wines at Carlisle. My wife does like them at all anymore. We’ve shifted the zin dollars to Scherrer and Hartford Family. I still buy the SC Carlisle at retail now for when she is at book club.

Damn, totally forgot about Hartford for some reason - GREAT call! Their zins have crept up into the upper echelon for me sitting alongside Bedrock, Carlisle, Ridge, and Once & Future

[NickRut]

Scherrer futures would be necessary. Some Ridge Geyserville, the rest split between bedrock and Carlisle

[Lee_Braem]

Lamborn.

[M_Dildine]

I love Mike and Jay along with the wines at Carlisle. My wife does like them at all anymore. We’ve shifted the zin dollars to Scherrer and Hartford Family. I still buy the SC Carlisle at retail now for when she is at book club.

Damn, totally forgot about Hartford for some reason - GREAT call! Their zins have crept up into the upper echelon for me sitting alongside Bedrock, Carlisle, Ridge, and Once & Future

So many good ones - Biale, Turley (duh), Radio Coteau, Williams Selyem … not sure how I would limit myself to a grand!

[John_Oglesby]

Dutton Goldfield
Lamborn
Ridge
Carlisle
Navarro
Scherrer
Tofanelli
Rafanelli
Cedarville

[mstockley]

Easy:
Carlisle (Montafi, Carlisle, Pagani) $400
Bedrock (Bedrock, Lorenzo’s, Monte Rosso) $400
Ridge (Geyserville, Lytton) $400
Bucklin (Old Hill) $200

Oops. Not so easy. Didn’t even order some every day Sonoma drinkers. Yeah, guess it’s hard to only spend $1K on Zinfandel each year.

[Rich_Brown]

Easy:
Carlisle (Montafi, Carlisle, Pagani) $400
Bedrock (Bedrock, Lorenzo’s, Monte Rosso) $400
Ridge (Geyserville, Lytton) $400
Bucklin (Old Hill) $200

Oops. Not so easy. Didn’t even order some every day Sonoma drinkers. Yeah, guess it’s hard to only spend $1K on Zinfandel each year.

This is a SOLID list - well done!

Would be very, very hard not to get any Bedrock Dolinsek and Carlisle Papera though

[Leonard_Maran]

I would buy as much Beekeeper as I could.

[Matt_Mauldin]

I’d buy a mixed case of Storybook Mountain Estate Reserve & Eastern Exposure, and a mixed case of Ridge Lytton Springs & Geyserville.

[Mike_Kuller]

I have three cases of zin that Have come in during the past 2 months. All are 2018s which are supposed to the best in a decade.

Rafinelli
Turley
Limerick Lane

Ridge 2018s are just starting to come out. I started drinking Lytton Springs in the early 1980s so it has a lot of sentimental value.

Another one I like a lot that I don’t see mentioned here is Brown Napa.

There so many different styles and levels of quality, you really need to do some tasting.

[Tom_O]

Bedrock
Ridge
Carlisle
I spread the above around all the vineyards but make sure to always get some Ridge Lytton Springs & Geyserville.
The above probabally puts my personal budget pretty close to $1K, who am I kidding I’m sure it is over that. I might toss in some Turley or Limerick Lane but I’d be at $2K pretty fast.

[Joe_G_a_l_e_w_s_k_i]

Wow, how much do you typically spend on wine a year?

Way more than I should!

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Your topic is very interesting. I think of myself as a zinfandel connoisseur. But zinfandel represents less than 3% of my cellar and nowhere near the financial commitment that you seem to be making on it. In fairness, I was much more interested in zinfandel 5-10 years ago, and the fact that I’ve given up on so many producers as too big or not my style is the reason that I own/spend low amounts on it today. As others have mentioned, Carlisle and Scherrer are names worth looking into that aren’t on your list. I would suggest getting on the Scherrer mailing list, inquire about older bottles for sale, and if you are so inclined, also buy a futures mixed case of their OMV and Shale Terrace, assuming you are willing to hold them for a few years before drinking. Ridge is definitely worth seeking out, both younger and older bottles to give you persepective.