Zeppelin Winery Mixed Reds

Tasting notes & discussion 46

24 HOUR SALE
Typically $62 - $66/bottle from Zeppelin Winery
Vintage 2023 from Paso Robles and Tuolumne County
You get two Darwinian Six for each Autopilot Error
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About Zeppelin Winery: “Zeppelin Winery is a very small producer of super premium wines, based on the Central Coast of California. Founded in 2009 by winemaker Stillman Brown of Red Zeppelin Winery and wine veteran Dan Lewis (he’s the office guy) they produce tiny lots of Syrah and other misunderstood varietals, with almost invariably insane labels. Most can only be purchased directly, but once in a while they emerge into the light of day.”

Give ‘Backhoe Ben’ My Regards

TASTING NOTES:
Autopilot Error - “Blueberry? Vanilla? Anodyne aromatic attributes, anyone? They’re certainly present if not dominant, but the wine’s neither simple nor simply understood. (For that matter, if I could explain the story behind the label: I would, but I don’t get it myself.) Not quite mute initially, it opens and evolves; never hot, the alcohol seems surprisingly moderate, the tannins well to the background. The blueberry tones dissipate and levitate, as a debauched Victorian aristocrat in Upper Tibet. To join the oak vanilla comes …Bristlecone pine bar tea? It’s a high wine: I’m fascinated by it Its remarkable palate persistence–call it finish if you must, I pomace not to argue–gives me some hope of unusual longevity. For the wine, that is.“ (AbV 16.7%, TA 6.4 g/L)

Darwinian Six - “’Raspberry, coffee, pepper.’ Soliciting opinions, I was, trap shut and teeth aligned. A desert fox, ‘Backhoe Ben’ might be a mite parched sometimes, of a summer’s day when the water pipeline from Darwin Falls goes dry at the business end, an honest thermometer hunts for a cave with dependable air conditioning, and the only tourists are German. But this was early March, and besides, the man’s got a palate. He liked this wine, offering synonyms for ‘drinkable’ - a UC Santa Cruz philosophy major, pas de merde—but when I injected ‘poundable’ into the first available silent second, he repeated it, pounding the table. I don’t believe it was ethanolic enthusiasm: he’d barely consumed a pound of the wine. A California Coastal Cajun, ‘Swamp Siren’ said it had some characteristics of her favorite Zinfandels. Given the interplanting of Zin and Petite Sirah back in the day… but no. It’s a compliment nevertheless.“ (AbV 16.3%, TA 6.7 g/L)

VARIETALS: Autopilot is 50% Syrah & 50% Petite Sirah, Darwinian is all Petite Sirah.

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PAIRS WITH: I’m sure Stillman can tell you some.

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