The place for all things wine, focused on serious wine discussions.

SFChron: Bonne on Zinfandel

Moderators: Jenise, Robin Garr, David M. Bueker

no avatar
User

TomHill

Rank

Here From the Very Start

Posts

7853

Joined

Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:01 pm

SFChron: Bonne on Zinfandel

by TomHill » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:37 am

Very nice article on Zin by JonBonne in today's SFChron:
Bonne:Zinfandel

Some very nice pics of Stev&Carole and Steve's chopped up thumbs. Must be a story behind that??? A Tribidrag from Lagier-Meredith...exciting.
Tom
no avatar
User

Peter May

Rank

Pinotage Advocate

Posts

3798

Joined

Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am

Location

Snorbens, England

Re: SFChron: Bonne on Zinfandel

by Peter May » Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:20 pm

TomHill wrote:A Tribidrag from Lagier-Meredith...exciting.


As I read the article, the wine is a California Zinfandel labelled as Tribidrag..

Now I know they are synonyms but Zinfandel has had 150 odd years to acclimatise to California and its not the same IMO as Primitivo from Italy, i.e. although DNA testing shows they are the same there are clonal differences, size of berries and ripening time.

I'd suspect there are similar differences with the Dalmatian Pribidrag mentioned in the story.
no avatar
User

Carole Meredith

Rank

Cellar rat

Posts

8

Joined

Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:17 pm

Location

Napa, California

Re: SFChron: Bonne on Zinfandel

by Carole Meredith » Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:40 pm

There is probably less variation among wines made from Zinfandel/Primitivo/Crljenak/Pribidrag/Kratosija (all synonyms for the same variety) than there is among Pinot noir wines made in different places, but no one argues that they shouldn't all be called Pinot noir.
Carole Meredith
Lagier Meredith Vineyard
no avatar
User

Mark Lipton

Rank

Oenochemist

Posts

4285

Joined

Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:18 pm

Location

Indiana

Re: SFChron: Bonne on Zinfandel

by Mark Lipton » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:15 pm

And Pinot Noir is genetically unstable to boot, so one should expect more variation in it regardless of extent of cultivation.

Mark Lipton

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Amazonbot and 2 guests

Powered by phpBB ® | phpBB3 Style by KomiDesign