Comments on: 7 Deadly Zins Old Vine Zinfandel 2007 Lodi

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:25:49 +0000

I love this wine!!.screw these people that are talking trash keep making this amazing wine and I love the poem I can definitely relate.

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:19:06 +0000

Josh: Well the best one I’ve had in recent months is the Ravenswood Old Vines Zin 2006 Lodi (around $12), which I reviewed here: http://www.vinegeek.com/2009/09/lodi-old-vines-zin-part-2-ravenswood/ It’s got more earthiness and spice and grip, and the fruit isn’t so over the top.

I’ve also liked the Cline Ancient Vines Zin pretty consistently (though I’m not sure if I’ve tried the most recent vintage yet).

There are others I’m sure, I just haven’t had many in the last 6 months or so. If anyone wants to make other suggestions, please add them in the comments.

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:10:38 +0000

Todd: Yeah, the poem reminds me of one I wrote in 8th grade for a class assignment about the Statue of Liberty that had a line that went something like:

For a hundred years, there she’d sit,
Pelted by rain and pigeon shit.

I changed that line to something like this before handing it in:

For a hundred years, she’s stood the weather,
pelted by rain and pigeon feathers.

I’ve also seen this version of the poem in different places online, so maybe they’ve changed it recently:

Schulenburg’s vines, grubby with GREED,
Embrace Lodi’s soil, to drink and to feed.
Oh Lord, forgive me my zin.
Secure in it’s strength, weathered with PRIDE,
Standing like soldiers, the forest of Snyde.
Oh Lord, forgive me my zin.
Hearts filled with LUST, ole Maley’s trees.
Court Lodi’s sun, and flirt with it’s breeze.
Oh Lord, forgive me my zin.
Good Bishofberger did raise some GLUTTONOUS beast,
Vines fattened like turkeys before Thanksgiving feast.
Oh Lord, forgive me my zin.
With the tilt of the glass, I commit seven zins,
Oh Lord, with your help… I’ll do it again.
Indulge!

By: Jim/VINEgeek

Jim/VINEgeek — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:01:15 +0000

Jeff: With all my not-so-positive posts about Zins lately, part of me wondered if I was being influenced by the act of blogging. Was I tricking myself into not liking them because I thought a “wine expert” ought not like this style of wine – he/she ought to like more “challenging” wines. But honestly, especially with this last one, I really found it unappealingly overripe and “sugarfied” as Gary V likes to say. Drinking it with dinner (at home), I actually felt awkward – like if I had ordered a Nehi with my entree at a nice restaurant (thus the free association).

By: @nectarwine

@nectarwine — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:08:15 +0000

I tried this wine a while back to and would only really score it a 86 tops. It is much sweeter and has less character than the good Zinfandels out there. What is your favorite under $15 Zin, oh wise sage?

Josh @nectarwine

By: Todd Abrams

Todd Abrams — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:04:18 +0000

Ha! The cheesy poem isn’t even Suessian.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:17:29 +0000

I had this wine a few times in my “nascent” wine drinking days, and liked it fine. But, just like you, nowadays, I find it to be too “fruit-bomby” and big. Isn’t it weird how your palate changes and adjusts to whatever you decide you like most? Look at the bright side though–only 14.5% alcohol is kind of low for California Zin, near as I can tell. At least you didn’t end up completely trashed after a couple of glasses!