2002 Ravenswood Monte Rosso Zinfandel

(2006-11-11 14:46:19 UTC) 2002 Ravenswood Monte Rosso Zinfandel 82/100

I gave this wine an hour in the decanter to shape up, and it didn't. Disappointing for the winery and vineyard, this wine is closed on the nose and fairly astringent, but with a bit of coaxing shows some briary blackberry fruit and sage. Fruit definitely takes a backseat to the tannins here. Give it a shot with fatty foods, but it's unlikely laying it down will fix the drying tannins before the fruit fades. As of this writing it's been in the bottle 2 1/2 years.