Six Delicious Zins!

As an interesting gift for the BF's birthday I ordered an at-home wine tasting gift box. The website TastingRoom.com offers a large variety of wine samplers you can taste test at home and then purchase full bottles of later. Each sampler comes nicely packaged in a box with six 50mL wine bottles and a tasting card detailing tasting notes and information about each bottle's origin.

Knowing the BF is a lover of zinfandels, I chose the North Coast Zinfandels tasting package! This particular assortment featured wines with vintages ranging from 2007-2010 and price tags between $17-$30. We ended up setting up a little cheese spread to pair with our wines and had a lovely Saturday afternoon of wine tasting! A wine sampler from TastingRoom.com is the perfect gift for any wine lover, or even for yourself, especially if you are interested in learning about a particular variety.  Who says you have to head to Napa for the full wine tasting experience?

Let the wine tasting adventure begin!



 

2009 Christopher Creek Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 

Raspberry, vanilla, caramel, black pepper, clove, cherry pie, spice

2008 Grgich Hills Napa Valley Zinfandel

Strawberry, raspberry, dried sage

2009 Paul Dolan Mendocino County Zinfandel

Jammy berry, pepper, orange marmalade, spice

2008 Munselle Vineyards "Osborn Ranch" Alexander Valley Zinfandel

Pepper, raspberry and herb

2009 Trattore Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel

Blueberry, dark cherry and mocha

2007 Carol Shelton "Wild Thing" Cox Vineyard Mendocino County Zinfandel

Black raspberry, oak, smoke, black pepper, jam