This wine is mega delicious. It has a nose full of blackberry, red plum and cocoa. There are gobs of raspberry, chocolate covered cherry, and boysenberry on the juicy palate. The acidity is balanced and zippy and in the finish there is a cocoa powder-like tannin that keeps the wine fresh on the palate. Fun fact: Nouveau is the name given to the first wine of the vintage. Grape: 65% Zinfandel, 35% Carignan