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This is a resource for people who want to buy an interesting bottle of wine on a budget of about $20. If you get lost between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and have access to a Dan Murphy's or Vintage Cellars (or Aldi, as of 2015!), you've come to the right place. Where possible, wines are listed with their single-bottle price from DM/VC/A and the winery's home page.

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Your experience will be different to everyone else's, which makes wine such a pleasure. The same vintage wine at different ages will be distinct, as will the same aged wines from different vintages. What the glass holds is a unique parcel of time that should be enjoyed as such.

Saturday, 5 July 2014

(R) Wente: "Beyer Ranch" Zinfandel 2009, from Livermore Valley, San Francisco Bay, CA, USA

Appearance
A medium ruby to garnet & fairly viscous

Smell
Early: Raspberries, sour cherries, vanilla, smoky charcuterie & some pepper
Later: Raspberries, plums, some stalky tomato & vanilla

Palate
Dry, with moderate acid, light & fine tannins & a deceptively low alcohol mouthfeel, which all make this feel like a lighter red, but at 15% it will knock you around!
Bold & upfront flavours of plums, raspberries, confected cherry flavourings, raisins and some subtle oak-influence in the background giving vanilla, cracked pepper and nutmeg that linger on a moderately long finish.

Tale
The original Wente winemakers were German immigrants who bought their first 47 acres of Livermore Valley vines in 1883. The winery is currently run by 4th and 5th generation Wente winemakers & vignerons, and is proudly the USA's oldest continuously run, family-operated winery.
Highlights for the winery have included:
- Establishing their own clone of Chardonnay in 1912, which now produces the majority of California's Chardonnay
- Producing the USA's first varietally labelled Chadonnay, Sauv Blanc & Semillon
- Building an 18-hole Wente Vineyard golf  course in 1998 (designed by Greg Norman)

Price: $18
Quality: ☆☆☆☆
Value:   ☆☆☆

https://www.vintagecellars.com.au/Red%20Wine/wente-vineyards-beyer-ranch-zinfandel-750ml-2009_7902264
https://www.wentevineyards.com
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