2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

Jonathan Barker

2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

Dan Cederholm

My new favorite, everyday Zin.

2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

dkacos

Get Table wine for the price.

2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

spanky

This is a very good wine for the price. It has a very elegant taste but lacking complexity and the finish goes no longer than about 10 seconds. I would however, serve this in a heartbeat at my next cookout.

2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

bostonben

This is a tasty wine, but it is not for the environmentally conscientious: for every bottle of Four Vines Zin you drink, there is an acre of oak trees that goes missing somewhere in France. But if you're into choppin' wood - look no further. Not that you'd have to look very far in most wine stores, but it is a bit unusual for the oak monster to rear his head so fiercely in a Zin. This is the sort of lumberjack experience that you'd usually have to seek out in a Chardonnay or a Cabernet Sauvignon.

However, if you give this wine some serious time in the open air - I mean, leave the fan running and go on vacation - those Zinfandel fruit flavors will emerge from hiding and a better balance will emerge. Early after opening, this wine is an 84/85 - after serious decanting it pegs in at a much more respectable 86+.

2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

Michael Spadaro

A vibrant, fruity, almost sweet Zinfandel. This vibrance makes up for a lack of complexity and depth, although it is still a very fun wine. Definitely a fruit bomb. Still a bargain for the price.

2004 Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee

rkallerud