So with my lovely meal, I've cracked open a bottle of 2007 Ravenswood Dickerson Napa Valley Zinfandel, since the rich fruit flavor and smokiness of a good zin really pairs well with barbecue of all kinds! Now this wine is part of a series of wonderful single-vineyard zinfandels that Ravenswood produces, including the Pickberry, Teldeschi and Barricia zinfandels. And of course you know I'm a big fan of just about anything Ravenswood does!
This wine has a lovely ruby color in the glass, lighter around the edges and deeper toward the center. The nose is a lovely combination of leather, limestone, oak and just a hint of ripe berries. The taste is very fruit forward and characteristically jammy, but not is a super sweet grape jam sort of way. It has lovely fruit that doesn't make you think you just drank kool-aid, instead this wine seems to be showing a lot of respect to the ripe fruit. The fruit gives way to some wonderful minerality and spice midpalate, with hints of gravel and baking spice. In the end, the delicate tannins provide for a long, smooth, supple finish that makes you want to take your time with this wine.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 8.5, as it's really one of the nicest zins I've had in quite a while! I bought just one bottle of this a couple years ago, on clearance sale at Meijer of all places, so the price was a real bargain at under $16, and now I wish I'd bought more! And what sort of end of summer barbecue am I enjoying this with? Glad you asked, a lovely rack of slow cooked barbecued spare ribs, along with some grilled corn, baked beans, corn muffins and broccoli salad, everything you need for a summer meal out in the yard!
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