California, (Mendocino AVA)
100% Zinfandel
18%
This is the 10th bottling of Meyer Family Port. This Port displays aromes of baked fruit and cooking spice, along with warm notes of alembic Zinfandel brandy. Although rich and round on the palate, an earlier harvest retains sufficient acid to balance its lush flavors of sweet cassis and brandied cherries. An average of five-years in neutral oak has created a long, concentrated finish allowing this Port to pair beautifully with artisanal blue cheese, intense chocolate desserts, fresh fruit, or a good cigar.
TASTING NOTES: Old-vine Zinfandel Port displays aromas of baked fruit and cooking spice, along with warm notes of alembic Zinfandel brandy. Although rich and round on the palate. An earlier harvest retains sufficient acid to balance its lush flavors of sweet cassis and brandied cherries.
FOOD PAIRINGS: Zinfandel Port is certainly a dessert wine, and its best pairings run the course of rich molten chocolate cake, sweet fruit-based desserts like cherry pie and vanilla ice cream, and crunchy, nutty dishes like pecan pie or a chocolate walnut crumble.
