Graced with unseasonably cool weather right now, we took advantage and ate dinner outdoors, making a meal of broiled rack of lamb, tomato/basil/buffala mozzarella salad and garlic naan. With this red wine-friendly meal, I opened a bottle of:
2003 Sausal Zinfandel "Old Vines" (unfiltered) color: garnet at the center, bricking at the rim nose: red berries, a hint of butterscotch, later becoming tarry palate: smooth, decent acidity, ripe fruitThose of us who live in the hinterland read Dale's offhand mention of picking up 375s of Raveneau GC for $10 at bin end sales with pangs of jealousy, so it was with interest that I stumbled upon this wine on a local retailer's shelf, discounted to $9.99. Not OTH, but definitely ready to drink, this wine proved well worth the investment.
Mark Lipton