Today's featured wine:Domaine Roger Perrin Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2004

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel

Cork’d can help you review, find reviews, buy or cellar.
Sign up now and join the best wine community on the web.

2005

Avg. Rating: 87.7/100 (6 Reviews)
Winery: Artezin Wines
Vintage: 2005
Varietal: Zinfandel
Country: United States
Region: California
Retail Price: $$ 17.99 USD
Created by: Nick & Anne Martinez
Purchase: Buy this wine ›

39% Mendocino county 36% Amador county 25% Sonoma county

Tasting Tags From All Members

Tasting Notes from Cork’d Members

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel
(about 1 year ago) buddy icon barclay 87.0/100
This was just OK for me. I recall liking the 2004 quite a bit more. Upfront, it's quite fruity and (almost artificially) sweet... mainly super ripe cherry, followed by some nutty-mocha and pepper flavors. It's not bad, but for the $20+, I think it's a bit overpriced. I paired it with a nice pork tenderloin, with polenta, peas, and some lovely green apples soaked in bourbon and sautéed. The meal totally trumped the wine.

Tasting Tags:

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel
(about 1 year ago) buddy icon zinfanduh 90.0/100
I agree that the 2004 seemed better, but the fact that I drank it while sitting on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, eating blackened chicken and pasta in a gorganzola sauce, just may have influenced my perception....maybe. I will give it another chance. I did like the old label better.

Tasting Tags:

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel
(6 months ago) buddy icon jobro 87.0/100
nose of cherry,vanilla,pepper,cola,and some cocoa.this has some overwhelming cherry fruit flavor in the start. but it aslo gives you some spice.it's a nice easy to drink zin. not the greatest but you could do alot worse.

Tasting Tags:

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel
(4 months ago) buddy icon oregonian 87.0/100
like most California zins, this wine has quite a bit of fruit . . .for the price ($18-$22), I think you can get a more layered or complex zin . . .this one is a pretty good sip, but for the price, it doesn't compare to the single-vineyard zins by Rancho Zabacho or Ravenswood

Tasting Tags:

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel
(3 months ago) buddy icon panagiurishte 89.0/100
Lots of pure ripe berries and fruit on the nose. The palate is admirably styled, shows very intense and appealing creamy texture together with very well defined backbone of tannins and acidity. There is an enticing meaty depth to the flavors with a rounded finish. Excellent Zin with lots of promise for the cellar.

Tasting Tags:

Artezin 2005 Zinfandel
(1 day ago) buddy icon zutaras 86.0/100
Had this at a friend's house and seeing the price on here, I am surprised. Drinking it, I expected it would have been cheaper. Maybe if it breathed a little longer it would have been better, but I found it a bit off balance and awkward. Decent fruit and creaminess, but a bit of uncomfortable clove or licorice at the end that wasn't well-integrated for me. Overall, it wasn't terrible, but it seems for the price you could do better.

Tasting Tags: