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So, 2 benchmark Zinfandels on the same page! Both from my San Francisco trip, and visited both wineries, but they’d run out of this …

[On label: To Tim the label nut! David Rafanelli] [On book: Salute and Bona Fortuna. David A. Rafanelli] Visiting Rafanelli was great fun, because …

Classic “hot climate” oaked Chardonnay. Deep yellow colour. Aromas of pineapple but particularly butterscotch. Thick texture with flavours of vanilla-coated tropical fruit. Some acidity …