Tasting 10 - Ancient Vines Cline

• Name: Ancient Vines Cline
• Variety: Zinfandel
• Region: Contra Costa County, California
• Country: USA
• Year: 2016
• Price ? Served at a friend's house.
• Review (wine.com): The 2016 Ancient Vines Zinfandel shows spicy, bright strawberry, with coffee and chocolate characters. Ripe fruit and soft tannins make this a mouth-coating rich vintage. Aging on new and used oak has lent this wine a subtle vanilla quality that nicely complements the explosive fruit notes.
• Your review: Full bodied.  Balanced between sweet and dry, leaning toward dry. Dark, fruity aroma. Tried to taste vanilla but couldn't detect it.
• Paired with a lamb stew that stood up well to it.