Renwood Winery, Fiddletown (Amador County, California) Zinfandel 2011

($25): With their Fiddletown bottling, Renwood Winery has produced a lush and simultaneously, briary Zinfandel, filled with dark fruit flavors and spice.  It has depth and the ripe fruit notes come across as a touch sweet, but yet, overall, the wine remains in balance and not overblown.  It’s a bold expression of Zinfandel without going over the top.
88 Michael Apstein Nov 5, 2013