date:Dec 26, 2012
f our tasting absolutely echoed those characteristics.
I did wonder if the roster of Napa Zinfandels is shrinking. Our tasting was smaller than in past years, even factoring in that we didn't see the latest from a number of perennial favorites in our lineup this time - Storybook, Green Red and Robert Biale, for instance. Perhaps the cool vintage required extra aging.
But at the same time, I wondered if Napa, where land has become shockingly expensive, might increasingly be laying its chips wi