30 May F. Stephen Millier Zinfandel 2018

Sometime around the start of the lockdowns we realized that our usual runs to get wine were going to be quite different, so we started looking into joining a wine club as one way to try new things. We had a coupon for something called Naked Wines and after researching this “club” on the Internet, decided it would be a good fit. Naked Wines has a couple of purchase levels, but the one we settled on was to sign up as an “Angel” which is a kind of crowd sourcing for small up and coming winemakers. We liked the idea of supporting new, small businesses and we also wanted to try new things.

To find out more about Naked Wines, visit their website here.

The Millier 2018 Zinfandel from Calaveras County in California (Mark Twain anyone?) is one of the most beautful deep red-purple colors I’ve seen. It starts off with the taste of a perfectly ripe juicy plum and finishes with a clove/pepper comgination. It’s a big, bold red which is exactly what I enjoy. I wouldn’t say I have a well-developed wine palate, but I know what I like when I taste , and this was a definite like.