Scott Harvey D’Anneo Old Vine Zinfandel 4-Pack
Sold by: Scott Harvey Wines
$49.99 $140.00 64% off List Price
2007 D’Anneo Old Vine Zinfandel, Napa Valley
2009 D’Anneo Old Vine Zinfandel, Napa Valley
Not to be … Amazon Payments is not working for me. The gods are cruel! 
http://www.napawineproject.com/danneo-vineyard/
Looks like a nice vineyard, so yeah In for One with fingers crossed it’s so good I regret only getting one.
2007 notes
I really enjoyed this bottle, I hadn’t really considered a food pairing with it for Friday night so I went with what was already on the menu board for the night, shrimp cocktail. Not a good pairing. So I saved it for after dinner. I poured 1/2 into a 375ml screw top bottle for day 2 notes.
I saw it was an '07 zin so I was thinking it could be past peak but then saw it was made by Scott Harvey so figured it should be solid still. It poured a medium garnet, so this should be more old world in style, no heavy extraction. the wine showed clear but did have some minor but very fine sediment. The bottle was also tannin stained on one side. The nose is mellow early on and definitely was showing a bit of age. When I pulled the cork I did get a nose full of bottle funk but it only lasted a moment. After that the predominate note is raspberry & cherry and a bit of oak. As the wine opened up over 2-3 hours it moved to more of a general red fruit nose and a little bit of heat. A chocolate note came and went as well. I really enjoyed how this bottle developed over the evening.
On the tongue its dry, medium bodied, has nice acidity and medium soft tannins. It really was super smooth. I felt it was well balanced and didn’t have any negative qualities. The flavor profile isn’t huge and actually is somewhat diminished from the nose. Its mostly just red fruit and a touch of oak, but like I said earlier its very smooth and leaves you with a nice medium finish.
On day 2, the wine was still solid but lacked any kind of nuance. I still enjoyed it but felt it had become a bit generic and bland. It felt a bit heavier and the color even looked a little darker. I definitely enjoyed it more on day 1.
Overall I really enjoyed it and can recommend it.
Difficult to imagine I’ll not be all over this for a couple, but curious to see what Scott has to say to make the final call.
He’s good about being on the boards, so I’ll hit pause, only for a bit. Hoping for a '09 rat in the meantime.
Sounds interesting indeed…although I’ve always preferred Scott’s Amador Zin to his Napa Zin. Part of that may be due to style though…so I’m wondering the old/new world tilt of this one. Cortot’s review suggests it’s middle of the road?
+1 to Ron and klez above.
Edit: do we have a banner for the notes yet?
Outstanding Rattery!
Mark, I had problems as well using IE. Switched to Chrome and the order went right through. Sure would hate to see you miss a Scott Harvey Woot.
It felt more old world but as I noted I think it’s probably past peak which makes it a bit tougher for me to discern. Fruit was there but diminished. If there is a review of the '09 coming it would give you a better idea.
I enjoy SH wines but man, the name and label are awful!
Curious about the story behind this bottling…
Using the phrase “past peak” for a wine not 10 years old concerns me here, especially considering how we seek out Carlisle, Ridge, Turley and others from the 80’s and 90’s, that, for a single bottle if purchased now, could easily exceed the price of this offer.
Zin can and does age well, and some of those older bottles are spectacular.
True, you’ll not be getting that just picked fruit as from a bottle just released or with only a couple years past release that pleases so many newer drinkers’ palates, but I’ll gladly take a quality aged Zin whenever it’s offered, and Scott is a quality producer.
[edit] Just noted, looking at the CT links, there are two bottles of some '88 of this in cellars. Purchased in '14 and '16…
I rather like the label, and I drink neither the name or label.
Remember the Ardente labels?
Great juice.
And recall some of those other limited offers we’ve gotten from Scott. Wasn’t one his OVZ or Cathedral under a different name…? I think Klez picked up some on the '14 tour.
I think that conceptually, “old world” and “new world” may not be especially helpful with respect to Napa Zin. Increasingly uncommon, as most of Napa’s fine Zin acreage has long since been grafted over to/replanted in the far, far more profitable Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Zin has always tended to be a less rustic, more elegant wine, than either Amador or Sonoma Zinfandel. A few people still grow Zin - the Leeds family actually has both Petite Sirah and Zinfandel on the West side of Highway 29 on the Napa Valley floor just below Whitehall Lane, near Kathy Corison’s Kronos vineyard - but not many.
To me, this was not just an autobuy, but a 3x autobuy.
Hi Everyone,
Wonderful to be back on Woot. Jana and I are vacationing in Whistler, British Columbia. So, I’ll be on and off through out the day in between hiking, wining and dinning. Enjoying some great BC wines from the Okanagan Valley.
This write up for the 2007 D’Anneo is right on. It is at its peak and needs to be enjoyed now. I also found it to drink best the first day. Its fruit is to delicate to hold over for a second day. The 2009 has probably another 3 to 4 years of aging in it.
Both these wines show the Napa Valley terrior, more of a delicate pretty Zinfandel than the more attractive earthy style of Amador. It is the same vineyard we use for the Jana Napa Valley Zinfandel.
I think of the difference between Napa Zinfandel and Amador Zinfandel as like the different between Cognac and Armagnac. Cognac being twice distilled is a prettier brandy while Armagnac being once distilled is a more earthier brandy. Both Napa Zinfandel and Amador Zinfandel have their place depending on what you you are cooking.
I’ve had some ridges that were well past peak and still very enjoyable. This I feel is slightly past peak and I’m sure will continue to lose fruit over time. What will replace it is always the question. Keep in mind what I consider past peak maybe in a sweet spot for you or even young still. I find that aspect to be very subjective much like everything else about wine. But we have spent time together and hopefully you have somewhat of a sense for my palate at this point.
It looks like it’s the same way Peter and Stillman operate. They are contracted to make wine for a vineyard owner and as payment they get some of the base wine to put their own label on.
I made this wine the same as I made the Jana Zinfandel. Same fermentation regime with French oak aging. The D’Anneo’s decided to try and develop their own brand, so I custom crushed it for them. Andrew D’Anneo’s health has been such that they can no longer peruse the development of their own brand. These are the last 50 cases they have in stock. Andrew and his wife Barbara have been great friends for many years. Barbara is an internationally acclaimed water color artist often going to Italy and Paris to teach art classes. Andrew is an extremely intelligent international legal consultant for international business between Italy and the US. He grew up going back and forth between the two countries.
Jana and I have enjoyed many great bottles of wine over wonderful long evening meals with Andrew and Barbera.