Review: 2004 Clos du Bois Zinfandel North Coast

Review: 2004 Clos du Bois Zinfandel North Coast

Review: 2004 Clos du Bois Zinfandel North Coast

My expectations for a $10 Zin don’t exactly run high, but Clos du Bois’s latest is just fine for a weekday quaff. It overwhelms with berry aromas the minute you open the bottle, cherry and raspberry filling the room. There’s less to impress when you drink it: It goes down easy but there’s nothing complex in the glass, just jammy fruit that borders on being too juicy. Amazingly, though Clos sent this bottle only a few months ago, its 2005 vintages have already hit the market. Serves me right for not hopping on it earlier.

B / $10 / closdubois.com

2004 Clos du Bois Zinfandel North Coast

$10
8

Rating

8.0/10

A veteran journalist, the author of four books, a published poet, and an award-winning winemaker, Christopher Null has more than 25 years of experience writing about wine and spirits. He founded Drinkhacker in 2007. He also writes regularly about the science of booze for WIRED and is an occasional contributor to ADI's Distiller magazine. He has been a judge for both the American Distilling Institute Judging of Craft Spirits and Whiskies of the World spirits competitions and often works as a consultant, developing formal tasting notes for spirits brands around the world.

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