Save over $XX a bottle on this 94+ Point, Perfect 10 Zinfandel from Amador County. It’s the return of one our most popular deals ever, the Bulk Buy rated Scott Harvey Mountain Selection Zinfandel.
AUTOBUY. We don’t use that term lightly but when a producer has repeatedly and continuously blown us (and all of you) away with their wines, it becomes warranted. And that is just the case with Scott Harvey.
After the smashing success of multiple offerings in the past, Scott Harvey is back with another Perfect 10 Taste Rating. Today we turn to a 94+ point (us)/93-point (Wine Enthusiast) Zinfandel from Scott’s sweet spot, Amador County.
This is a wine that is so good that multiple vintages have been included in our “Perfect 10” intro packs. It also received a gold medal at the 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
And believe me, I am always happy to take advantage of Scott’s 45+ years of experience making excellent wine in this area.
Amador County in the Sierra Foothills is special spot, especially for Italian varietals like Zinfandel. With nearly 600 acres of vines 65+ years old, winemaking here goes back to the Gold Rush of 1849. In fact, there are still several vineyards (of the 40 or so total) which had their start in the 19th century.
Today’s Zinfandel comes primarily from vineyards in the higher elevations of Shenandoah Valley in Amador County. Specifically, that breaks down to 53% from the Bowman Vineyard and 47% from the Renwood Vineyard.
100% Zinfandel, the wine has just 2 g/L of residual sugar and aging potential of 10-12 years.
This wine normally retails for $35, which is no surprise given the quality and the careful winemaking including 21 months in French oak. For the next day we’re slashing $XX a bottle off that price!
Today’s Insider Deal gets you 3 bottles of the 2021 Scott Harvey Mountain Selection Zinfandel for just $XX.95 ($XX.99/bottle), a discount of XX%!
This 3-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, 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.)
Shipping Info
Shipping is a flat $7.99 per order, no matter how many packs you buy. Our summer shipping program has ended which means your order will ship via UPS Ground 5-10 days after the deal ends. (Existing summer hold orders will be released from their climate controlled rest in mid-October – more communication to come.) If this is your first time ordering please check out the shipping section of our FAQ for more information.
For your convenience you also have the option to select a UPS Store/Access Point to ship to at checkout (with no extra fees) so you don’t have to be home to sign!
Read on for our full review.
Clicking on the Add To Cart button above will take you to our checkout at shop.reversewinesnob.com. Once there you can adjust the quantity of 3-packs in your order. Ends Wednesday 10/1/2025 at noon (PT).
From the winery:
Vineyard/Vintage Notes: Amador County is extremely well suited to Zinfandel. Zinfandel has been grown in the Amador County Gold Rush area for over 150 years. These old head pruned dryland farmed vineyards produce low yields of extractive flavorful Zinfandel.
Winemaker’s Notes: Grown on steep mountainous terrain in the higher elevations of the Shenandoah Valley of Amador County, California. There was a big fire starting just before harvest began lasting into mid harvest (Caldor Fire). It started 10 miles northeast of us and burned in the opposite direction. So, all our 2021 wines escaped having any smoke taint. Lower yields of extractive fruit due to drought. No heat spikes during the growing season. Just a dry year with little moisture in the ground. Look for dark colored extractive wines, but not a lot of them.
Tasting Notes: Dark briary fruit of mulberry, white pepper, cigar box, ripe strawberry, grilled steak, spicey, cherry tobacco, sage, and plum lead to an extractive fleshy structure with firm tannin and a balanced long lingering finish.
Blend: 100% Amador County Zinfandel
Vineyard Sources: 53% Bowman Vineyard and 47% Renwood Vineyard
Cooperage: 21 months in French Oak
pH: 3.56
RS: dry @ .2%
Bottled: 7/27/2023
Cases Produced: 1,324 cases14.5% Alcohol
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2021 Scott Harvey Mountain Selection Zinfandel begins with a wonderful, big, very spicy aroma of black cherry, plum, black raspberry, lovely spice, licorice, a little cedar, a little vanilla and more. It’s quite inviting, and it gains even more complexity as it has time in the glass.
Tasting reveals plenty of spicy fruit and licorice to go along with candied cherry flavors in this balanced and delicious wine. This is a very dry wine with only 2 grams per liter of residual sugar, but it is nevertheless extremely flavorful.
It is also still rather young at this point so be sure to give it some time to breathe. Once you do you are rewarded with another excellent and age-worthy iteration of this wonderful wine.
It ends dry and slightly grippy with tons of lasting juicy fruit, licorice, spice and even a bit of lingering earthiness. It’s fantastic and it was even a bit better on day 2.
Cheers,
Jon
2021 SCOTT HARVEY MOUNTAIN SELECTION ZINFANDEL
Taste: 10 (94+ Points) Cost: 3
OVERALL RATING: 8.3
BULK BUY
P.S. Don’t forget about our Coro Salami deal (with free shipping) running this week! This Zin is just about the perfect accompaniment. You can add the salami on to your order at checkout.
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