TN: 07 Dashe

Sep 08, 2009 5 Replies

Sunday Tim had brought some nice teriyaki-marinaded flank steak, which never made it onto the grill. We had some last night with Cambodian style corn, squash,and a salad. Wine was the 2007 Dashe Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley) from a half bottle. Midweight, "zinberry" red fruit, a touch jammy but within my mental parameters for Zinfandel, pleasant wine. B



Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency. 


Had the Dashe at the megatasting in April. My notes are very similar, jammy and big red fruit. Fairly good acidity and few tannins. Not one to hold onto more than 3-5 years.

This was the regular cuvée, not the l'Enfant? I've still got a bottle of the latter in the cellar, to see what magic time will work on it.

Mark Lipton

yes, a half of the regular. I have one of the l'E T also.

LL, agree not really an aging style, but for most Zins except Ridge I'm looking for instant pleasure!

Was there pineapple juice in the teriyaki? I'm interested in how well the Zin matched with the teriyake marinade.

I don't think pineapple- I'd assume a combo of soy sauce, sake or shao xing, sugar, and ginger (I made a teriyaki sauce for the salmon Sunday, I used soy sauce, mirin, and ginger). The Zin went fine, but I didn't glaze the beef, so it's wasn't really sweet.

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