2001 Ravenswood Zinfandel Belloni Vineyard

Posted by: Marc Hanes

2001 Ravenswood Zinfandel Belloni Vineyard - 05-12-2019 19:59:47

Ravenswood
Russian River Valley, California
Belloni Vineyard
Zinfandel
2001
$23.99
15.2%
The core now is mostly a flat black, broad rims of rust red, zinc orange to yellow, look fully matured. The nose has an offputting metallic, barnyard floor aspect, sort of stewed as well, peanut shells and old cedar, the fruit mainly plum with some cherry as well. Full-bodied and densely layered, there’s some clumped up tannin residue so it is reasonable to say it was more structured in its youth. Strong cedar, incense, potpourri to menthol, tries to give it lift. While plummy here too there’s more of a red fruit tang as counterpoint. Any citrus has faded behind the rest. It’s a good wine and there’s an admirable amount of fruit left. But it’s too disjointed to really enjoy. Mainly Zinfandel, remainder unspecified percentages of Petite Sirah, Alicante, Carignane.
87 points