Coturri Freiberg Vineyards Zinfandel, Sonoma County, USA

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Hot and spicy, this is an over-the-top Zin that features ultra-bright cherry, berry flavors. It’s got a canned fruit quality, too. Not for everyone.——W.E.(11/1/2003)—— 82

The 1997 Zinfandel Freiberg Vineyard (15.2% alcohol) is a dry, dusty, earthy-scented effort with berry fruit in the background. It possesses copious quantities of spice and tar, it is a solidly made Zinfandel that should drink well for 2-3 years.Tel. (707) 966-6247

I have written in detail about the idiosyncratic wines from this small winery tucked on the Sonoma Mountain hillside. Some offerings can be problematic, but when everything goes right, Coturri makes some of the richest, most distinctive, personality-filled wines, particularly the Zinfandels, available in California. For example, the 1995 Zinfandel Sonoma Mountain (15.8% alcohol) is a dense purple-colored wine, with a gorgeous nose of jammy cherries and raspberries. The wine is highly-extracted and rich, with loads of glycerin, full body, and considerable purity. Drink this thick, nearly unctuous Zinfandel over the next 5-6 years. This winery bottles its offerings in small lots, so let's hope all the bottles taste as excellent as this. Tel. (707) 996-6247

Zinfandel fanatics should try a bottle of Coturri's 1993 Zinfandel Estate and the even more impressive 1993 Zinfandel Philip Coturri Estate Vineyard. Although the 1993 Zinfandel Estate possesses some residual sugar, it is extremely rich, with a huge, black fruit, spice, and roasted herb-scented nose, gigantic body, glycerin, and flavor extraction, and a low acid, off dry finish. It should drink well for 5-6 years. The aging curve suggested for this wine is conservative in view of the fact that no SO2 is used, so Coturri must rely on the wine's high alcohol content for ageability.Intriguing, controversial, but frequently riveting wines are the rule of thumb from this idiosyncratic producer.Tel. (707) 996-6247