Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel 2003

This Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel isore vegetative than fruity on the nose--"Green pepper," says Margaret Anne. A lingering taste of...vanilla?Our notes (we tasted this on October 21) say "tart pomegranate," which seems a very unlikely thing for us to have written down--perhaps it's on the label.

In any event, this is a big wine (as it ought to be at 15 percent alcohol), nice and spicy just the way we like Zinfandels, and we'll definitely buy it again, given the chance. It cost us about $25.