Mt. Vernon Winery 2004 Late Harvest Zinfandel

This was such a disappointment. Mt. Vernon Winery is a little operation in Northern California in a small mining town called Auburn. It's a bit North of Sacramento and it has some fabulous wines. We've been cellaring this for about 2 years now and we decided we should open it up as an after dinner treat in honor of the brisket the Jew brought us. Yes, the Jew is a vegetarian. No, this was not Briskoy or Tofrisket. This was meaty, fatty, wonderful goodness made with love by a Jewish mother, for two Goyem. Yes, I know some Yiddish.

The reason this was a disappointment had nothing to do with the brisket, it was, word of the day, unctuous.  The disappointment was the fact that the wine had turned. I knew something was wrong when it poured out fizzy into our brand new port glasses(I love getting married). This was definitely NOT supposed to be a sparkling wine. First taste, maybe it's ok? Maybe not. I'm hoping I can use it as very expensive vinegar to cook with. Hopefully.

Tomorrow's review will be ANOTHER dessert wine from our new favorite, Core Winery, a late harvest grenache. We had to open that one after this disaster. MUCH better.