September 24, 2013 – Wine: 2003 Robert Biale Black Chicken

If only I had started drinking wine a few years earlier, I would have realized just how good the 2003 vintage was for Zinfandel and how rare it is to get a great Zinfandel vintage.  Then I could have stocked up on the stuff.  So, when I recently found this 2003 Zinfandel by a great Napa Valley vintner on sale, I quickly snatched it up.  Alas, there was just the one bottle available, but what a delicious bottle it turned out to be.  This elegant Zinfandel has good body, a sense of richness, good balance, great fruit, minerals, and spices.