Dry Creek Vineyard, Somers Ranch Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley

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Red · Zinfandel
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LWIN 1811502
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88 /100
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28
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Taster #5824 · Mar 9, 2026
87/100
Past its prime.
2006 vintage
Taster #8900 · Jul 25, 2025
Drank with deep dish pizza
2012 vintage
Taster #2407 · Oct 13, 2024
92/100
Really dark for a zin. Baked plum, oak spice, and leather nose. Medium-plus body, cranberries, black pepper, dark cherry, nutmeg, dry tannins, good acid, smoke, and a long, slightly sappy finish. Drink up.
2015 vintage
Taster #5824 · Mar 23, 2022
88/100
Big, bold and rich. Black cherry and plum. A bit too long in the cellar but still quite nice.
2006 vintage
Taster #2407 · Sep 25, 2021
88/100
Inky magenta. Crushed blueberries, spice and cedar nose. Medium bodied, black cherries, dirty cranberries, pepper, fully integrated tannins, good acid, dark chocolate, and a nice fruity and dry finish. Good, but some of their other single vineyards zins are better.
2012 vintage
Taster #5171 · May 27, 2019
88/100
Still a little young — was kinda light on flavor and maybe a little grassy/earthy tasting. Really opened up the second night after it had been opened for a few hours. The last glass finally started getting more complex
2015 vintage
Taster #9202 · Mar 18, 2019
90/100
Bolder zin with pepper not quite as smooth great AM
2015 vintage
Taster #9324 · Dec 3, 2018
Love it. Nice n jammy just the way I like it.
2015 vintage
Taster #6746 · Oct 19, 2017
This was awesome. Drinking extremely well right now. Perfectly balanced- wish I had more.
2012 vintage
Taster #2716 · Jul 4, 2017
92/100
An extremely nice deep zinfandel.
2012 vintage
Taster #8900 · Mar 10, 2016
89/100
soft, smooth zin.
2012 vintage
Taster #3282 · Jan 24, 2016
Dry finish, tastes of cherry or blackberry.
2012 vintage
Taster #4696 · Nov 26, 2015
92/100
Exquisite for two days!! Full-bodied and peppery, long finish!! Like a mouthful of a "memory" of raspberry jam!
2012 vintage
Taster #5418 · Apr 10, 2013
90/100
Zin the way it should be -- not over-ripe, briary berry flavors, a touch of oak and a long finish.
2006 vintage
Taster #1002 · Feb 25, 2013
89/100
- Garnet color with slow forming legs with a medium/full body. Linear texture with a medium finish - Nice smooth and not heavy zin. Drinking well in 2013 with no signs of degradation. Should be good for 2-3 years.
2006 vintage
Taster #6492 · Apr 17, 2012
85/100
Drank very well. Nice flavor, not too sweet and a bit spicy.
2006 vintage
Taster #9424 · Nov 14, 2011
86/100
past peak
2006 vintage
Taster #1943 · Jul 23, 2011
88/100
Jammy, but with a dark chocolate finish. Yummy!
2006 vintage
Taster #5950 · Jun 10, 2010
90/100
A very good Zin
2006 vintage
Taster #9993 · Jun 3, 2010
87/100
If you're not a fan of heavy, jamy zins, then this one is for you. I used to really like that jam. But as my palette changed, I prefer zins in this style. It allows the classic pepper characteristic of zins to really come through...a trait I like. Overall, I feel this wine is balanced and great to have with anything on the grill.
2006 vintage
Taster #0492 · Apr 10, 2010
84/100
A weak nose of some read fruits and maybe spice. Both were slightly more evident on the palate, but this was generally less than we expected. Well made and balanced just not interesting or particularly food friendly.
2006 vintage
Taster #0303 · Mar 14, 2010
84/100
Very little nose, hardly any fruit. Not what I'm looking for in a DCV Zin. Opened up someewhat after 2 hours, so perhaps significant decanting is in order next time.
2006 vintage
Taster #3120 · Mar 7, 2010
89/100
Delicious fruit bomb. Loads and loads of nice fruit. A little spice on the nose. Medium finish. I just bought more at a deeply discounted price.
2006 vintage
Taster #5950 · Jan 7, 2010
88/100
Descent Zin - nothing out of the ordinary of good Zins.
2006 vintage
Taster #3295 · Jan 4, 2010
84/100
very nice zin, good flavors 87, but after a rather short period of time the wine fell flat, so much so that neither Joe or I finished our second glass. This was very unusual to say the least, not sure what to make of it. There are many zins that I like better and certainly none that have fallen flat so soon, don't think I would irsk buying another bottle.
2006 vintage
Taster #8923 · Dec 30, 2009
85/100
Lacks any concentration of berry and spice found in better Zins, but pleasant. The finish reveals more alcohol than I prefer.
2006 vintage
Taster #3295 · Oct 19, 2009
88/100
very nice zin, but not big (IMO) like some commentators, drank it with a mazzocco maple zin which was much bigger, smoother
2006 vintage
Taster #9865 · Oct 16, 2009
89/100
big flavor with fruit. complex taste
2006 vintage
Taster #5950 · Sep 29, 2009
88/100
Quite good but not the best Zin that I have tasted. A little bit of burn at the end.
2006 vintage
Taster #0958 · Sep 24, 2009
88/100
Big, interesting nose but was let down after the first sip. A little disjointed at first, but settled down after an hour. Just an ok zin.
2006 vintage
Taster #0780 · Sep 20, 2009
87/100
This is an OK Zin but I it took a while to open up and it really had no impressive features. A nice table wine but I expected more. Typical nice spicy Zin nose, just less forward than I like.
2006 vintage
Taster #9436 · Sep 19, 2009
88/100
Nose: Loads of creme brulee, some raspberries, hint of cherries: Palate: Ripe cherries on the attack, rush of heat, acid, and tannins on the mid-palate. A little disjointed, but good nevertheless, thanks to an abundance of sweet, refreshing fruit.
2006 vintage