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2007 Orin Swift Saldo Zinfandel

I had an opportunity to taste the new Zin release from Orin Swift (The Prisoner, Mercurey Head, Pappillon) made by Dave Phinney. The fruit is sourced from virtually every major Zin area in California and from many famous Zin producing vineyards. It's a blend of 85% zin, 10% syrah and 5% petite syrah. This is a big wine, quite juicy and ripe with a fair amount of new oak but it seemed very well balanced and had enough heritage zin flavors to remind me of what I used to like about zin. A bit of wild berry and peppery spice. It's priced at between $25-$30 and it's a lot of wine for the price. It needs a little time to come together but I would drink it fairly young to enjoy the ripe fruity character. "B+/A-"

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Bi!!
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I have three bottles and I thought I would hold them a while. Maybe not.

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Lawrence Leichtman

It's tough call. If you like the fresh deep ripe fruit character that many Zinfandel's have then I would opt for drinking now. It's big but balanced. I will probably drink a few over the next year then sit on the remaining bottles for a few years. I think of it as a good BBQ or grilling wine. Good with smoked pork ribs or grilled chicken and steak.

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