Renwood & Waypoint Mixed Zinfandels

Tasting notes & discussion 23

Typically $29 - $49/bottle from Renwood & Waypoint
Vintage 2020 Zinfandels from Amador County
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About Renwood Winery: “Renwood was established in 1993 and is one of the most respected wine producers in the Sierra Foothills. The goal is to create world-class wines that are approachable, delicious, and appealing to the senses, while representing the soils in which they grew.”

About Waypoint Vineyards: “A wonderful exercise in sourcing fruit from famous plots, Waypoint enables us to dig deep into our Rolodex to find fruit from unique places that deserve a little more attention. It all starts with fantastic vineyards and folks who farm them sustainably.”

Into The Rolodex

TASTING NOTES:
Renwood Grandpère - “Deep purple color right to the rim. Aromatically, this is dark black fruits like mulberry, boysenberry, blueberry, and black-skinned plums, all very fresh, without a hint of raisin. Cedar and some new oak, fresh tobacco, and vanilla top off the nose, and there’s a seriousness to the complex blending here. There’s a not-so-subtle weightiness in the mouth, rich, blackberry pie, allspice, warm green earth and bricks, sweet herbs, and crushed berries.” (AbV 15%)

Waypoint “Bell Road” - “There are sweet black cherries, and blackberries, plum, milk chocolate, caramel, and vanilla notes with cedar, light spices, and flecks of warm green earth and stones. The palate is soft, full-bodied, and round with mouth-filling dark chocolate, chocolate-covered cherries in liqueur, vanilla spices, and loads of plummy black and red fruits.” (AbV 14.5%)

VARIETALS: Mostly Zinfandel, the Renwood is 10% Petite Sirah.

BARRELS: Grandpère used 16 months in 10% new oak. “Bell Road” spent 12 months in French oak, 30% new.

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THAT REMINDS ME OF: METONYMY. Great word, love it when you get two “y’s” only one consonant apart.

Metonymy is when the name of something becomes used synonymously to refer to that something. Think Kleenex. People often use that specific brand name in place of what the item actually is: a tissue. Other examples might be when people talk about looking into their Rolodex. These days, there aren’t many actual physical Rolodexes in use, yet the word persists as a way to refer to your professional contacts.

Synecdoche also falls under metonymy. Synecdoche, aside from being fun to say, is when you use part of something to describe the whole, and vice versa. Mentioning royalty by saying “the crown,” or your car by talking about your “wheels.”

Renwood & Waypoint Mixed Zinfandels

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