A Smoking Good INSIDER DEAL! The Piedra Creek Benito Dusi Zinfandel

$98 savings on 90+ year-old vines! Don’t miss our 55% discount on the Piedra Creek Winery Benito Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel.

We’ve got a special one from our winery partner today. With only 159 cases produced this is Zinfandel from the famed, almost 100 year-old, dry-farmed Benito Dusi Vineyard in Paso Robles. (You may recognize the Benito Dusi name from the excellent Ridge Vineyard bottlings.)

Thanks to their shared Italian heritage Piedra Creek founder and winemaker Romeo “Meo” Zuech was good friends with Benito Dusi. In fact, Piedra Creek has been making Zinfandel from this vineyard since 1979 and selling a Benito Dusi Zin bottling since 1984.

Today’s 1 day Insider Deal on the 2014 vintage gets you 4 bottles for just $64.99 ($16.25/bottle) plus just $5 for shipping.

With an SRP of $36, that means today’s deal saves you 55% on the wine and a total of $98 after factoring in the additional savings from our $5 shipping!

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. Future deals may have more or less states available.)

This is a limited time, winery direct offer facilitated by our friends at Wine Country Connect. Sale ends Friday 1/22 at noon (PST) unless it sells out sooner. Shipping is a flat $5 per order no matter how many 4-packs you buy.

Clicking on the buy button above will take you to the site winedealmaker.com for checkout. If you don't see the embedded buy box click here to order. Once there you can also adjust the quantity of 4-packs in your order by using the "Click To Update Cart" link at the top of the screen.

From the bottle:

This Benito Dusi, Paso Robles Zinfandel is a vibrant, fruit-forward Zinfandel, boasting aromas of mocha, lively cherry, and smoky sage with a hint of pepper. Ripe black cherry jam flavors upon entry, with lively acidity and fruit-covered tannins in the mid-palate, are supported by a sweet oaky finish to round out the experience.

Pair this Zinfandel with a succulent filet mignon or an Italian inspired dish of pasta.

Romeo A. Zuech, Winemaker

Produced and Bottled by Piedra Creek Winery
14.6% Alcohol
Cases Produced - 159

The 2014 Piedra Creek Benito Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel begins with a very pleasing aroma of black cherry and some brambly berry notes, spice, mint, cola, cedar and more. There's lots to smell here as you swirl so take your time with this one.

Taking a sip reveals a really lovely example of Zinfandel. This is quite tasty with good concentration on the fruit, well integrated spice, a smooth mouthfeel and good balance. This 2014 is drinking beautifully right now and it still has plenty of life left.

It ends dry, slightly grippy and very long with some sweet oaky notes under the lasting berry fruit.

And if you'd like to learn more about the winery there's a fascinating history of Romeo here, who was an aerospace engineer on the Apollo 11 mission before he founded Piedra Creek.

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