Dashe Cellars Zinfandel Todd Brothers 2012 is made from 98% Zinfandel; 2% Petite Sirah

Cassis, plum, black cherry, blackberry, chocolate, licorice, with floral notes of lavender and voilets. Spice notes of cedar, eucalyptus, and pepper.Extremely lush, round, balanced, with sensuous mouth-filling texture. Blackberry, black current, and black cherry fruit, firm acid and silky tannins in a very structured wine. Long, sweet, fruit finish of blackberry and cassis.

This is one of the most lush and velvet-textured Todd Brothers Ranch Zinfandels in recent memory, which is no surprise given that 2012 was such an exceptional vintage. These stellar 50-year-old head-trained vines in Geyserville consistently pump out some of our best and most long-lived Zinfandel bottlings, and in a year like 2012, it was almost impossible to not make a lovely wine.  The perfect growing conditions, small berry size, and moderate yields resulted in a Zinfandel that is almost Cabernet-like in intensity and structure, but with the balance and sensuous texture of a Zin.