red grape · also Zinfandel Puglia (Primitivo di Manduria, Salento); California (Lodi, Dry Creek, Paso Robles) serve 16–18 °C ages 1–8 years
Zinfandel is a red grape: very full-bodied, moderate acidity, moderate tannin, usually dry. 89 Zinfandel wines from £19.55. Typical aromas: ripe blackberry, jammy black fruit, sweet spice, dried fig, cinnamon.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
dry · 1/5
Body
lightfull
very full · 5/5
Tannin
lowhigh
moderate · 3/5
Acidity
lowhigh
moderate · 3/5
Oak
noneheavy
some · 3/5
Alcohol
lowhigh
high · 5/5
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Zinfandel sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
barbecue ribs, burgers, pizza, chilli, Thanksgiving turkey, sausages. ripe sweet fruit handles smoky and lightly spiced food
Where it grows
Puglia (Primitivo di Manduria, Salento), Italy — ripe, warm, often off-dry impression
California (Lodi, Dry Creek, Paso Robles), United States — Zinfandel: high alcohol, jammy, spicy; old vines