Date Wines (rudy Zuidema)

Orin Swift Cellars

8 Years in the Desert Zinfandel Blend

Gifted by my partner’s sister as a sweet & thoughtful surprise for our 6 month anniversary ♡ We are new to wine but have been spending our past few date nights just at home watching movies with an inexpensive bottle she recommended from our local grocery store (which we enjoy so much!). And to celebrate our anniversary, we did the exact same thing— except this time, with a bottle carefully chosen by a loved one from her own personal collection, who is THE wine lover!! Rudy & I both loved the taste of this one so much. I think it’s a great start for those like us who are getting into wine and have no idea about anything and just want something tasty, because now we know we like zinfandel blends! I’m not there yet with describing the taste of wine but I do really like the complexity of blends now and thought this tasted very clean and yummy (っ˘ڡ˘ς) Thank you Aimee!! Note: we also did homework on how the name originated! Very cool to know how the person who made this sold his popular zin blend & had to sign a clause that wouldn’t allow him to make anymore zin blends for 8 years- hence the 8 years in the desert :0 — a year ago

Ehlers Estate

1886 Estate St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Rudy zuidema vintage — 7 years ago

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Zuidema

McGah Vineyard Grenache 2014

Beautifully done by Rudy. 2014, his inaugural vintage! I ordered 4. This is the 3rd. Gonna lay one down for a long long time — 8 years ago

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