2017 J Dusi Paper Street Vineyards Zinfandel

A delicious Zinfandel with ripe black and blue fruits, a hint of pepper, silky tannins, and a great finish.

Producer

J Dusi Wines

Region

Paso Robles, CA

Country

USA

Varietal

Zinfandel

Varietal Composition

100% Zinfandel

Specifications

2017

Vintage

2025

Drink By

ABV

Vinification

Hand harvested and hand sorted grapes are foot trodden before aging in French oak for 18 months

Occasional wine note

We love this Zinfandel as it delivers on what you'd expect - loads of ripe black and blue fruits with bit of pepper, but there's so much more going on here. Great body and mouthfeel, silky tannins, and a great finish. Delicious!

What experts say about this wine

100

Vinous

Deep, brilliant purple. Ripe dark fruit and floral aromas take on vanilla and baking spice nuances as the wine opens up. Juicy and expansive on the palate, offering concentrated blackberry, blueberry, cola and spice-cake flavors that turn sweeter on the back half. Shows fine clarity and spicy lift on the sharply focused, persistent finish, which features velvety tannins and repeating florality.

100

Jeb Dunnuck

With more depth as well as complexity, the deeper plum/purple-colored 2017 Zinfandel Paper Street Vineyard offers impressive blackberry and plum fruits, notes of cigar, peppery herbs, and candied orange, medium to full body, and a balanced, lengthy style...

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