Ravenswood Monte Rosso Zinfandel 2002

Deep purple/red.

Deep, spicy, Priorat-like (even a suggestion of shoe polish) black fruit nose. Intense, penetrating, linear nose.

Great old-vine textural sweetness, with a balsa wood character, pepper and a huge chewy finish. I've had many bottles of this, and it never disappoints. The only crappy bottles I've had from Monte Rosso fruit were from idiots who thought they could "improve" it with 100% new oak.


$26?