Bruce Neyers offers three Zinfandel cuvees, including the 2005 Zinfandel Pato Vineyard. Exhibiting a medium ruby color, bright, vivacious flavors of strawberries, sweet and sour cherries, pepper, and spice box, plenty of acidity, and a loamy soil character that provides a certain terroir or regional character, it is a lighter-styled Zin for drinking over the next 4-5 years. It was good to see longtime wine enthusiast, national sales rep for Kermit Lynch Importers, vineyard owner, and wine producer, Bruce Neyers, who has one of the most important palates on the West Coast. Neyers, who utilizes the services of Ehren Jordan of Turley Wine Cellars as his winemaker, has consistently turned out beautiful Chardonnays as well as fine Merlots, Zinfandels, and Syrahs. 2005 appears to be a fabulous vintage for Chardonnay as most exhibit intense aromatics, super purity of fruit, and surprising freshness for wines of such density and power.Tel. (707) 963-9940; Fax (707) 963-8894