"The 2001 vintage was an amazing start to the new millennium. A very warm, sunny, and consistent growing season provided wines with ripe tannins and sweet fruit. The 2001 California Zinfandel is a blend of 6 vineyards, two in Napa Valley, one in each of the following Sonoma, Paso Robles, Amador, and Lodi. The Lodi vineyard is out of this world planted in 1918 by the Soucie family and still owned and farmed by the Soucies. The wine shows deep color, round soft sweet tannins, with layered spicy che...