Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"The McManis Family Vineyards Zinfandel is a dark purple wine, loaded with notes of ripe red currant, strawberry, caramelised sugar, and toasty oak. The savoury red fruit on the palate leads to soft, supple tannins and a smooth finish."
91/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, August 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Sweetly ripe and inviting, the bouquet shows Black Doris plum, olive, clove, vanilla, and cedar characters, followed by a silky-smooth palate that's plump and flavoursome. Attractively structured by grainy tannins, finishing sturdy and finely dry. At its best: now to 2028."
Reviews for previous vintages below…
90/100 Tonya Pitts, Wine Enthusiast, May 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"This wine is fresh, zesty, with aromas of orange, cranberry, mulberries, red plums, mulled spices, allspice, clove on the nose. The palate is confiture blackberry, strawberry-rhubarb, red currant, dried potpourri, blood orange zest, cardamom intertwined with silky tannins and a dry finish."
92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"A classic bouquet of ripe red berry fruits and tart cherries, a mix of baking spices and soft fresh meats highlights. Youthful with a decent intensity and attractive fruit-led qualities. On the palate a dry wine with spice and impact from tannins and acidity alongside a core of red fruit flavours and five spice qualities the mirror the bouquet. Very easy to roll around the palate and swallow with best drinking from 2023 through 2027."