One other pair of wines from our buddies at Dutcher Crossing, who’ve been on a tear these days.
2019 Dutcher Crossing Chardonnay Bacigalupi Winery – Daring and aggressively oaked, this basic California chardonnay is lengthy on vanilla and extracted oak notes, changing into barely inexperienced because it develops within the glass. A wholesome squeeze of lemon brightens up the waxy, doughy high quality within the wine, however the end of gooseberry and coconut husk feels a bit excessive. Oak mud lingers on the tongue without end. B- / $44
2018 Dutcher Crossing Zinfandel Brothers’ Reserve Dry Creek Valley – A shocking zin, natural and a contact inexperienced, then transferring right into a extra conventional observe of extracted black fruit, with components of fig and raisin. A daring rosemary observe clings to the end. Intriguing and sudden, with a little bit of a boozy edge to it. B+ / $41
2018 Dutcher Crossing Zinfandel Brothers’ Reserve Dry Creek Valley
$41
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