We found Cartlidge & Browne on Facebook, because we liked their name. http://www.cartlidgeandbrowne.com/. We struck up a conversation with Elijah and Marc, and lo and behold, they wanted to share some of their wine with us. They’re very nice people, that happen to have a great sense of humor and are passionate about their wine so we were happy to give their juice a try and blog about it. Located in Amador County, Cartlidge & Browne has been around a long time, since 1980. Tonight, we opened their 2007 Zinfandel…in honor of the Paso Robles ZinFest! It was great, a lighter zin than we’re used to around here, but tasty. It has all the good stuff a Zin should, pepper, spice, cherry, and a touch of tobacco.
Check it out…
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WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!! Thank you, Hoot and Annie for trying our wine!! We’re just downright thrilled about it.
So true about our Zin not being a little “lighter”…couple of things: it is fermented to dryness so no residual sugar which can add to a plumped up mouth feel. Also, the alcohol is only 14.2% which is pretty low for CA Zin–high alcohol also adds to a plumped up mouth feel! That is so Paul Moser’s style–a little more European. So if someone out there wants a “port-like” Zin this will not be it…but this Zin goes KILLER with BBQ and ANYTHING WITH A RED SAUCE! In fact many people say it reminds them of an Italian Primativo!
C&B Love,
Elijah
P.S. HAPPY SPRING!
Hi Elijah…thanks for sharing your wines with us! We’ve got more coming…and we’re glad that you’re glad that we got to taste and blog about it! Love the Zin!!! Cheers!!!