2006 Klinker Brick Winery Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi
I reviewed the 2005 vintage of this wine a couple of weeks ago and quite liked it. This one? Not so much.
Maybe it’s my palate this week, but I’m not liking it. The nose has a smoky-sweet BBQ sauce kinda thing going on. That pretty much tells you what’s happening. It’s like there was a fire near the vineyard and the smoke infused the grapes. It’s not working for me.
It’s like you’ve got a handful of crushed blackberries (sounds good so far) and then douse them with a generous dose of Jack Daniels BBQ sauce (OK, not sounding so good anymore). That’s followed up by a short and slightly hot (15.8% booze) and sour finish with not much going on in the middle. ‘Nuff said.
I’d say to give it a pass. Either search out the 2005, or another Zin in the price range.
$31.99 at Liberty Wine Cellars.
