Every year a bunch of non wine industry mates, Wendy and myself have a Zin Din. A bit of special planning went into this years. Heather arranged for a colleague to bring back a Zin from Croatia, I brought some back from the USA, Heather found something special in Rutherglen, Monsieur l’Eveque brought one from Langhorne Creek and I obtained one via mail order, Wood Park. Good Zin needs ripeness and a warm climate and it seems to produce the best fruit when dry grown and at lower cropping levels. This wine is, to quote Gary, from the Top End Big Pants range made by Rutherglen Estates. It had the right mix of fruit aromas and a lovely fruit concentration. It also has young estery/confection bits associated with a relatively young red wine. Very clean with nice floral aromas. The palate has a bit of licorice and a bit of bacon with great raspberry flavours. It seems to have relatively high acid but it should last a few years as it fills out. We had it with slow cooked lamb and it was a great match.

Rated : 92 Points
Tasted : Jul07
Alcohol : 14.5%
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2007 - 2010+