Beran Napa Valley Zinfandel 2012

Mark Kremper

Sommelier Etch Restaurant

Full fruit, black pepper spice. High alcohol but nice balance. Blackberry pie and a ton of vanilla. Cool new wine from The Wagner Family.

Matt Sterr

A little aggressively priced for the quality present. Would merit a higher score were it half the price.

Randy Fuller

This Zin is inky black, with no light getting through at all. The nose is deep and black - blackberries, blueberries, cassis, tar, leather - it’s rich. But when the sip hits the tongue it’s amazing. That dark fruit gets a nice treatment from the oak and displays wonderful spice notes. There's more than just vanilla at work - cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, the whole rack fell into the cask, it seems. The tannins are just firm enough for pairing with grilled meat. The wine, as if it is showing off, is smooth.

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

Lovely balance and fruit

Colin Yates

Wine Buyer Macadoodles Fine Wine & Spirits

The end of a copper cane tasting.... Reminiscent of a cake tasting before my wedding. I feel like I might get cavities. Some were a bit better this release and some were even worse than the previous vintage.

Perry Riddle

More varietally correct than the Sonoma. Still a monster.

Marcus L

Rich and extracted. Has some spice. Very approachable. Add favorite adverb now.

Gary Hill

Sweet, insipid. What were they thinking over there. This is nothing like a Zin! This is a over designed wine for the "American palette"

Ignacio Sarmiento

Restaurant Martin Santa Fe

Theress Bricker

This is a high alcohol wine at 15.4% smooth on the pallet loaded with berries hints of sweet pipe tobacco and dark chocolate with some black pepper spice and cedar.