Save over $30 a bottle on this elegant, balanced and complex Perfect 10 from a prestigious winemaker with an incredible pedigree including Opus One and Baron Philippe de Rothschild. The DRM Winery Napa Valley Old Vine Zinfandel is today's Insider Deal.
Alright, let's cut right to it. If you were going to check the boxes on a fantastic deal, this one hits them all...
✅ Old Vine (50+ year-old) Zinfandel
✅ Single vineyard in Napa Valley
✅ Made by a highly prestigious winemaker
✅ Gets a perfect 10 Taste Rating (94+ Points)
✅ AND is available through today's deal at a XX% DISCOUNT bringing this $50 wine all the way down to under $20
Jackpot!
Not to mention that this 2016 vintage has just the right amount of age on it and is drinking beautifully right now. Keep on reading for our full tasting notes, but first, let's take a quick look at the winemaker behind today's wine:
Daniel Ray Manies (DRM) has an extraordinary winemaking resume. After 10 years working in the cellars at Robert Mondavi working alongside Tim Mondavi, in 1991 he became the first Master Cellarman for Opus One, hands-on at the start of the world-renowned iconic wine. A decade later, he took his skills to Bordeaux’s world-famous Baron Philippe de Rothschild, one of Opus One’s parent wineries, and further enriched his winemaking knowledge.
After his experience in Bordeaux, Daniel returned to Napa, first launching Chateau Manzanita Winery and finally DRM Winery, the culmination of 40 years of winemaking experience in two of the world’s premier wine regions– Napa and Bordeaux. He has devoted his entire life to the pursuit of making great wines, and his passion and sincere love for the work eventually led him to follow his intuition and create his own signature wines.
Daniel is extremely selective in choosing only grapes grown by small, private, vineyard owners who personally give their vines the loving care and attention that large commercial vineyard growers cannot afford. Great wine comes from quality fruit grown in a well-attended vineyard, under the best of conditions.
As we mentioned above, this wine normally retails for $50, but we're slashing that price…
For the next day you can get 4 bottles of the 2016 DRM Winery Napa Valley Old Vine Zinfandel for just $XX.99 ($XX.XX/bottle). That's a discount of XX%!
Buy multiples and you save even more since you'll never pay more than $6.99 shipping, no matter how many 4-packs you buy. Read on for our full review.
This 4-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI and WY. (These states are dependent on the individual licenses of the offering winery and are not representative of all our deals. Every deal can have different, sometimes more, sometimes less, states available.)
This limited time, winery direct offer ends Wednesday 4/5/2023 at noon (PT) unless it sells out sooner.
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From the winery:
The fully spiced aroma acts as a pleasant introduction for this fruity Zinfandel, a true expression of 50-year-old grape vines, tucked away in the east hills of Napa Valley. A hint of black cherry and pomegranate lingers into a well-structured body that is followed by a subtle, elegant finale.
With a legacy that developed Opus One into a world-renowned icon, winemaker Daniel Manies has ventured out on his own to develop his own signature label of elegant wines.
Utilizing his classically trained authentic French Bordeaux winemaking techniques, in combination with his unique and creative approach to winemaking, Daniel has developed wines with characteristics that will amaze and delight the most discerning of tastes. With his incomparable approach to quality, these premier wines will tantalize the senses and transport you to the vineyards of Bordeaux, France with every sip.
Aged in neutral French oak barrels.
14.0% Alcohol
Cork
The 2016 DRM Winery Napa Valley Old Vine Zinfandel opens with a very pleasing aroma of black cherry, lots of dried fruit notes, vanilla, baking spice and a little balsamic. You can definitely tell it has some age on it which gives it some wonderful nuances after it has plenty of time to breathe.
Tasting reveals a very smooth and balanced Zin that features similar flavors to the nose with well-integrated spice and great depth. A bit more on the elegant side, it has very good complexity and is very pleasurable to drink. I also like that it is a bit lower in alcohol (14.0%) than your typical Zin!
It ends dry, quite long and a bit grippy and juicy with some nice secondary notes from its age. It's drinking really excellent so I probably wouldn't age it too much longer, but you really won't want to anyway once you taste how good it is now! It was also just as good on day 2.
2016 DRM WINERY NAPA VALLEY OLD VINE ZINFANDEL
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