We’ve had the great pleasure of featuring the delicious wines of Kelley & Young Wines since 2009. Each of their wines has thrilled us, but today’s 2011 Alexander Valley Zinfandel is especially intriguing. This wine is loaded with fantastic fruit and spice, with hints of mineral earthiness that all combine to give the wine great appeal.

The fruit for today’s wine hails from Robert Young Vineyards who have been farming in the Alexander Valley for 5 generations. This makes the Young family one of the oldest multi-generational grape growing and winemaking families in the nation. Their experience really shines through in all of their wines.

This young wine will benefit from decanting, but is really ready to enjoy now. Be sure to lay a few bottles down for the next couple of years as we suspect that the wine will see additional improvement.