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2008 Ravenswood Zinfandel Teldeschi Vineyard

Zinfandel: 750ml

$34.99

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points awarded:
CG 96 ST 91

96 points,

Connoisseurs' Guide, Connoisseur's Guide, May 2011

As a group, the Ravenwood's 2008 single-vineyard Zinfandels rank among winemaker Joel Peterson's best efforts yet, and, if picking a favorite is not easy, the deep and delicious Teldeschi bottling stands out as our pick of the bunch. Keenly focused on optimally ripe berries and showing the stunning concentration of classic old-vine Zinfandel, it is wonderfully well-balanced for the big wine that it is, and its layered flavors last and last. It will no doubt tempt drinking early, but it has a decade or more of improvement ahead, and it should be cellared away for at least four or five years.


Devon Magee, JJ Buckley, August 2011

Freshly picked black fruit envelopes the nose, which is pure and dense, yet delicate. The fruit continues onto the palate, unveiling black cherry, plum and blackberry, a vinous reflection of the deep-vined, dry-farmed, old vine Zinfandel that Joel Peterson has been working with at Teldeschi Vineyard since the 1970s. The lustrous flavors are surrounded by subtle oak notes that add lift and structure to the wine. Youthful and delicious now, this is a serious wine and will certainly improve over the next 10 years.


91 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2010

($35) Glass-staining purple. Powerful scents of boysenberry, cherry liqueur, licorice and dark chocolate. Chewy dark berry compote and bitter cherry flavors are underscored by strong mineral, smoke and licorice qualities. Sweet and gently tannic on the finish but not at all hard. I'd check back on this in another year. 91(+?) -Josh Raynolds


96 points,

Connoisseurs' Guide, Connoisseur's Guide, May 2011

As a group, the Ravenwood's 2008 single-vineyard Zinfandels rank among winemaker Joel Peterson's best efforts yet, and, if picking a favorite is not easy, the deep and delicious Teldeschi bottling stands out as our pick of the bunch. Keenly focused on optimally ripe berries and showing the stunning concentration of classic old-vine Zinfandel, it is wonderfully well-balanced for the big wine that it is, and its layered flavors last and last. It will no doubt tempt drinking early, but it has a decade or more of improvement ahead, and it should be cellared away for at least four or five years.


Devon Magee, JJ Buckley, August 2011

Freshly picked black fruit envelopes the nose, which is pure and dense, yet delicate. The fruit continues onto the palate, unveiling black cherry, plum and blackberry, a vinous reflection of the deep-vined, dry-farmed, old vine Zinfandel that Joel Peterson has been working with at Teldeschi Vineyard since the 1970s. The lustrous flavors are surrounded by subtle oak notes that add lift and structure to the wine. Youthful and delicious now, this is a serious wine and will certainly improve over the next 10 years.


91 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2010

($35) Glass-staining purple. Powerful scents of boysenberry, cherry liqueur, licorice and dark chocolate. Chewy dark berry compote and bitter cherry flavors are underscored by strong mineral, smoke and licorice qualities. Sweet and gently tannic on the finish but not at all hard. I'd check back on this in another year. 91(+?) -Josh Raynolds


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