Dear FTC, I disclaim that this wine was purchased through a group effort of friends attempting to get enough cash together to consume the listed bevy. If you need the receipt, too damn bad. It’s located with the other receipts that I failed to remove from my pockets, and is now part of the lint filter in my dryer.
If you are not familiar with the name, DO NOT say it around law enforcement under any circumstance. You’ll sound like a drunken idiot and be subject to sobriety testing despite being stone sober. Go ahead, try to say it.
Now, as the sound of the jeopardy game show dissapears you can laugh at yourself for making weird facial expressions as you were trying to say it. If you say you didn’t you are a frickin’ LIAR!
I have been enjoying this vino for some time, and still cannot formulate the name. That’s neither here nor there, anyway…
A little historical background:
Six generations of care and nurturing go into this Sonoma zin. Agoston Haraszthy emigrated from Hungary to the U.S. in 1842 in search of what everyone else came to California for – gold. In 1857 he built Buena Vista winery in Sonoma, and is rumored to be The Father of California Viticulture. Yes, they definitely have “street cred”
There family motto is on their label, SOLUS STO, Stand Alone. It dates back all generations, but now refers to the Haraszthy family specializing in a single cultivar, zinfandel. I believe they made a pretty good decision.
The Sonoma County Zinfandel is awesome from the get-go. It’s nose is like that of Jimmy Durante – big, bold, and you can’t ignore it. Tart cherry and raspberry, with hints of dark chocolate and pepper.
For the attack. Hmm, wait one. The first sip into the mouth is the attack? What the hell are we doing, a frontal assault here? Nah, I prefer to use my own word. I am a big time cigar goober, and the proper term a gentleman uses for taking in the smoke of a quality cigar is the draw. Yup, that’s my word for it, the draw. Anyway, the draw is beautiful. Bold fruit and pepper, along with the expected mild tannins that you notice on the tongue’s bitter buds.
The finish is like a motivational speech, it leaves you with a feeling of wonder and lasts a heck of a long time.
Historical data was retrieved from the Haraszthy family site.
