Biale 2022 “Black Chicken” Zinfandel Napa Valley

WE 95 Points: “A classic Napa Valley Zinfandel, this bottling offers savory and earthy aromatics that carry into flavors of dark plum, tobacco, and dark chocolate. It’s rich in flavor, and well balanced by a mouthwatering acidity that refreshes the palate with every sip. Impressively persistent”

James Suckling 94 Points: “Delicious, harmonious, and flavorful Zinfandel. This has notes of plums, spiced cherries, wild berries, herbs, and rusks. Medium- to full-bodied with fine tannins. It has a bright core of berries at the center with a subtle structure. Mellow and poised. Drink or hold.”

Winemaker’s Tasting Notes: Showing the influence of the breezy and fog-laced Oak Knoll District, the wine offers rich, plush fruit, delicate acidity and a structure defined by well-ripened, fine-grained tannins. Layered notes of blackberry preserves, raspberry, violet, cocoa, anise, and cherry wood on the nose. Persistent and full on the palate with flavors of plum, black cherry, baking spices, dried herbs, and pomegranate. An expressive Zinfandel that, with proper cellaring, will continue to improve for the next 5-7 years