Ravenswood, Sonoma Valley, Barricia Vineyard, Zinfandel 2009 White purchased an old ruin with

purchased an old ruin with vineyards at Montalcino

96 Jeb Dunnuck

Although texturally quite polished and impeccable in its balance

but given the acidity and moderately high tannin

It’s certainly one of the greatest Napa Cabernet Sauvignons I’ve ever tasted

Ravenswood, Sonoma Valley, Barricia Vineyard, Zinfandel 2009 White purchased an old ruin with90 Points CellarTracker Member Deep dark garnet in color; almost opaque. Fragrant, attractive & youthful aromas of ripe dark fruits of cherries, blackberries & plummy with toasty oak overtones, briary, pepper, spices, dried herbs, licorice, leather, minerals, some aged tobacco and vanilla in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of balanced, still developing & youthful, jammy, rich, ripe dark fruit flavors of cherries,