2017 J Dusi Paper Street Vineyards Zinfandel
Producer: J Dusi Wines
Region: Paso Robles, CA
Country: USA
Grapes: 100% Zinfandel
Vintage: 2017
ABV: 15.3%
Vivino: 4.3
Drink By: 2026
Occasional Wine Note: We love this Zinfandel as it delivers on what you'd expect - loads of ripe black and blue fruits with bit of pepper, but there's so much more going on here. Great body and mouthfeel, silky tannins, and a great finish. Delicious!
Vinous
Critic Score: 93
Deep, brilliant purple. Ripe dark fruit and floral aromas take on vanilla and baking spice nuances as the wine opens up. Juicy and expansive on the palate, offering concentrated blackberry, blueberry, cola and spice-cake flavors that turn sweeter on the back half. Shows fine clarity and spicy lift on the sharply focused, persistent finish, which features velvety tannins and repeating florality.
Jeb Dunnuck
Critic Score: 91
With more depth as well as complexity, the deeper plum/purple-colored 2017 Zinfandel Paper Street Vineyard offers impressive blackberry and plum fruits, notes of cigar, peppery herbs, and candied orange, medium to full body, and a balanced, lengthy style...