Ancient Peaks Paso Robles Zinfandel 2016
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The 2016 Zinfandel’s deep, supple flavors are an excellent match for fine comfort foods, including wood-fired pizzas, classic lasagna, Santa Maria-style tri-tip, and smoked gouda burgers.
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This stellar red shows off an array of exciting flavors. Aromas and flavors of lavender and cocoa nibs charm as cherry and plum generously wash across the mouth, preceding a finish of cola and toasted oak woven into a bouquet of blue flowers.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Zinfandel is a rich, full-bodied but succulent wine, laden with aromas and flavors of brambly fruit, sweet spices and dark chocolate. Enjoy this nicely balanced, generous red over the next 2-3 years.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Soft, ripe, and powerful are words that work well in describing many Zinfandels that are the current marketplace. The 2016 Ancient Peaks Zinfandel can certainly be described in this way. TASTING NOTES: This wine is ripe, round, and lush on the palate. Pair this wine with grilled pork ribs marinated in a sweet/sour piquant sauce. (Tasted: July 5, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 Zinfandel is a total charmer. Plums, ripe black cherries, leafy herbs, cedar, and incense notes all flow to a medium-bodied, rounded, impressively textured and layered red that has loads to love. It's a joy to drink.
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We are a family-owned winery specializing in estate-grown wines from Margarita Vineyard, the southernmost vineyard in the Paso Robles appellation on California’s Central Coast.
Just look at a map of Paso Robles wineries and at the very southern tip you will find our Vineyard. Here, amid the rugged Santa Lucia mountain range just 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean, Margarita Vineyard stands alone as the only vineyard in its vicinity, and thus the only vineyard to benefit from the extraordinary growing conditions of the area. Margarita Vineyard resides in the historic Santa Margarita Ranch, which was first planted to vines by Franciscan missionaries in 1774.
Ancient Peaks and Margarita Vineyard are owned by three longtime local winegrowing families—the Filipponis, Rossis and Wittstroms—who are actively involved in the daily operations of the vineyard and winery. Ancient Peaks wines are crafted under the guidance of Mike Sinor, a local winemaking veteran and one of the highest-rated winemakers on the Central Coast.
Ancient Peaks implements numerous sustainable viticultural practices to ensure natural quality in their wines while protecting the rich, native environment surrounding the Margarita Vineyard. Their practices have earned SIP (Sustainability in Practice) Certification for Margarita Vineyard, the leading standard for viticultural sustainability.